Anthony Rushworth

Anthony helps clients to develop strategies to deal with UK defined benefit pension scheme deficits, including advising them on all aspects of employer covenant.

He has strong links with the Pensions Regulator, having completed a secondment at TPR in 2020, where he gained first-hand experience of TPR's approach to scheme funding, restructuring proposals (RAAs and CVAs), supervision, regulatory initiatives such as the ‘fair treatment’ initiative (dividends v contributions) and the DB Funding Code.

Having previously worked in Corporate Finance, he has particular expertise in assessing the impact of corporate transactions, agreeing appropriate mitigation for any resulting weakening of financial support and where relevant, seeking regulatory clearance.

Anthony works with corporates, pension scheme trustees and private equity clients and advises on a range of defined benefit pension scheme matters such as employer covenant reviews, scheme funding negotiations, litigation procedures (e.g. TPR Moral Hazard investigations), integrated risk management, monitoring and contingency planning.