Pensions. Retirement plans. Employee benefits and executive compensation. If you’re searching for a firm with a deep knowledge and understanding of these areas, look no further. Dentons’ lawyers are leaders in their fields, providing you with clear and practical advice to help you achieve your goals and a seamless service that covers regulatory, fiduciary, tax, governance, transactions and disputes.

At Dentons, we can assist with all types of pension and retirement plans. Benefit from our comprehensive services, which include design and set-up, plan modification, administration and communications, the investment of plan assets and fiduciary responsibilities.

We understand what is needed in different industry sectors to attract and retain top talent and motivate people to achieve critical business objectives. We can help you achieve your goals by working with you to design and implement all types of equity and cash-based incentive plans, whether to incentivize employees to meet short- or long-term operational and financial objectives, or retain and reward key employees in connection with a merger or sale of the business. Our team can advise on senior executive employment and severance arrangements, compensation risk assessments, corporate governance, and the disclosure of directors' and officers' compensation. We also provide independent counsel to board compensation committees.

Take advantage of our expertise in employer group health plans, informed by our experience in dealing with insurers and administrative service providers. We can help you meet the challenge of balancing costs against the value of quality health care and addressing ever-increasing regulatory compliance and oversight of group health plans.

Whether you’re a private, public or nonprofit company, pension scheme trustee, financial institution, individual executive, a board of directors’ compensation committee, insolvency practitioner or government body, Dentons can advise you on all your benefit and executive compensation needs.

We don't offer administration, actuarial or other pension consultancy services.

Recognition

Forty-Four Davis Brown Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2021

August 20, 2020

United States: Forty-four Davis Brown attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© in the Des Moines metropolitan area in their respective fields.

Dentons Boosts Rankings in 2015 Edition of Legal 500 US

June 11, 2015

​​​The 2015 edition of The Legal 500 US recognizes 24 Dentons practices and 75 lawyers.

IRS clarifies deduction issues, benefits reduction cases raise concerns

April 4, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance on the timing of the deduction for annual bonuses for top executives of public companies, and, separately, issued regulations clarifying limitations on postponing income tax on compensation under tax code Section 83. These, together with litigation involving employment tax withholding have given rise to a renewed examination of employers' tax processes and plan language.

In this article, Dentons Pension, Benefits and Executive Compensation partner Pamela Baker addresses these developments affecting US executive compensation.

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Insights

UK People, Reward and Mobility Newsletter – April 2025

April 2025

United Kingdom: Each month, we look at some of the key employment, pension and immigration issues affecting our clients' workforces. In this edition, we explore: risky AI systems under the EU AI Act; changes to immigration policy and guidance; and attitudes to "run-on" for defined benefit pension schemes.

Run-on or buy-out – are attitudes changing?

April 16, 2025

United Kingdom: With many DB schemes now in surplus after rising interest rates, employers and trustees are reconsidering traditional endgame strategies. The upcoming Pension Schemes Bill may facilitate surplus release from ongoing schemes, making "run-on" an increasingly attractive alternative to buy-out for some. We explore whether this strategic shift is beneficial for all stakeholders.

UK People, Reward and Mobility Newsletter – March 2025

March 2025

United Kingdom: Each month, we look at some of the key employment, pension and immigration issues affecting our clients' workforces. In this edition, we explore: AI in the workplace; the rules on suitable alternative vacancies when an employee on maternity leave is at risk of redundancy; the government's "Keep Britain Working" review; indirect discrimination and the childcare disparity; and further reflections on the Court of Appeal's landmark ruling on contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons welcomes pensions partner Carolyn Saunders

September 25, 2023

Leading global law firm Dentons has welcomed senior pensions partner Carolyn Saunders to its People, Reward and Mobility team. She joins the firm's London office on 25 September.

Dentons advises on the sale of Scalefast to ESW

July 4, 2022

Dentons advised US-based Scalefast, a key player in global e-commerce, on its sale to ESW, the global direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce leader.

Dentons advises Shinsegae Property on its acquisition of Shafer Vineyards

February 15, 2022

Dentons has advised Shinsegae Property in its $250 million acquisition of Shafer Vineyards, one of the most highly regarded wineries in the Stag’s Leap region of Napa Valley.

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