Yatin is an award-winning pensions lawyer who advises both trustees and sponsors of defined benefit and defined contribution schemes on all aspects of pensions law, including scheme governance and documentation, legal and regulatory compliance, member queries, risk management, and dispute resolution.
Yatin is a leading member of the firm’s pensions education team and has extensive experience in advising clients in the higher and further education sector on liability management, employee eligibility, and the pensions issues arising on corporate transactions and individual dismissals.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Yatin taught on a number of undergraduate law programmes at local universities, and has published in peer-reviewed journals.
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Yatin’s recent experience includes:
- advising the employer of multiple defined benefit schemes on closure to future accrual
- advising the trustees of several schemes on buy-ins and buy-outs, including on a residual risk and single premium basis
- advising several clients on alternatives to continued participation in the TPS, including voluntary opt-out arrangements, cost-sharing mechanisms, subsidiary company models, and the employment implications of each approach
- advising on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, including due diligence, the assessment of potential exit liabilities, the application of Beckmann rights, and the contractual protections that should be sought
- advising on employees’ eligibility for membership of the TPS, including those in borderline or non-traditional teaching roles, and the risks of retrospective challenge
- advising on the pension implications of redundancies and dismissals in the interests of business efficiency, including the potential ‘strain costs’ that may arise and strategies for managing and mitigating those liabilities
- Winner of ‘Star in the Making’ at the Pensions Management Institute Pinnacle Awards 2026
- Yatin is an associate member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers
- Legal Practice Course (with Distinction), University of Law, 2022-2023
- LL.M. International Commercial Law (with Distinction), University of Birmingham, 2019-2021
- LL.B. Law (First Class), University of Birmingham, 2016-2019