Tailored Employee Benefit Solutions – Built Around Your Business Objectives

Empowering your business to grow, protect, and plan for the future with Ireland’s most experienced financial advisors.

  • We pride ourselves on trusted relationships, proactive service, and clear financial guidance.
  • We are committed to personal service and practical advice.
  • Our service is built around your needs, your goals, and your timeline.
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Sectors we work with

Best-in-class employee pension and protection solutions across all business sectors, including

  • Start-Ups, SMEs, Medical, Legal across all sectors
  • Accountants, Engineers, Architects, Solicitors
  • Export-led and technology-driven businesses
  • Financial Services and Aircraft Leasing firms
  • MedTech, Pharma, ICT and Software sectors
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Why Leading Irish Businesses Choose LHW

Over 50 Years of Experience

Irish-Owned and Driven

€500M+ Assets Under Management

Fully Transparent Fee Structure

Best in Class Service & Deep Sector Expertise

Key Corporate Services

Corporate Financial Expertise Across Every Stage of Growth

Employer Pension & Benefit Schemes

Full range of advice and solutions for Employers and their Employees

  • Properly structured pension scheme
  • Clear and transparent charging structure
  • Governance and compliance
  • Dedicated Advisor

Group Risk & Protection Planning

Protecting businesses and their Employees from Life changing risks

  • Income Protection Benefits
  • Death in Service Cover
  • Hands on claims advisor

Executive Retirement Strategy

Bespoke solutions that enable executives to live their best lives in retirement.

  • Individual approach, no two clients are the same
  • Goal-focused strategies that deliver measurable results
  • Regular reviews

Corporate Investment Advisory

Helping business owners make smart financial decisions.

  • Corporate pensions & employee benefits
  • Owner-Manager & Director financial planning
  • Corporate investment & cash management advice

Succession Planning & Shareholder Protection

Focused on business continuity, ownership control, and family protection.

  • Business succession planning
  • Shareholder/Partnership protection
  • Funding succession events

Corporate Exit & Legacy Planning

Financial readiness, tax efficiency, and post-exit life planning

  • Exit readiness & financial mapping
  • Pre-exit structuring
  • Legacy & intergenerational planning

How It Works

Discovery Meeting & Needs Assessment

High-Level Strategic Proposal

Stakeholder Alignment & Final Sign-Off

Implementation & Ongoing Governance

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LHW Corporate Pensions Process

  • On appointment by a company, LHW immediately review their current arrangements. If existing scheme in place, we complete a full review and assessment, including:
  • Detailed review of charging structure and allocation rates
  • Ensure scheme compliant with IROPS II and Master Trust requirements
  • Review selection of funds on offer, including performance
  • Assess the membership profile
  • Evaluate the number of deferred members
  • Group Risk Scheme Review
  • We will put it to the market for quotes to ensure the best price and product is obtained.
  • Once the review is complete LHW will then put a proposal to the Company with our recommendations and reasons for the recommendation.

Minimising Employer Administration Costs

  • LHW exists to do all the heavy lifting for our clients.
  • Industry consolidation – reducing quantity and quality of key services in our experience
  • Clear and transparent charging structure
  • We work closely with your HR/payroll team,
  • Strong Insurer Relationships
  • Regulatory updates
  • Dedicated LHW Advisor – Ready to support you
  • Promote Employer Benefits

Appropriate Advice for Employees & Members

  • Meet each scheme member individually
  • Educate, Understand, Own
  • Advice surrounding previous pensions
  • Issue Annual Benefit Statements & Annual Review Invitations
  • Taxation changes
  • Single point of contact and no generic mailboxes or phone numbers

Our Process For Employers: Employee Pension and Benefit Schemes

Clarity, Control, and Confidence — At Every Stage of Life

Full Pension Scheme Review

Charging structure, allocation rates, compliance

Funds

Selection and Performance

Membership

Profile, active, deferred, non-participants

Full Group Risk Review

Stability, costs and benefits

Market Tender

Stability, costs & benefits Selection & Performance Operational Excellence, LHW do Heavy Lifting

Advising Employees & Members

Our Team

Alan Lewis

Managing Director

Jack Tector

Personal financial planning & corporate pensions

John Dunne

Head of personal financial planning

Cara McDonald

Corporate Client Executive

Jonathan Yates

Personal financial planning & corporate pensions

Catherine Slevin

Pension Advisor & Financial Planner

Valerie Browne

Administration officer

Amanda O’Connor

Client Service Executive

Aran Egan

Corporate & Personal Financial Executive

Testimonials

PETER KEARNEY, Partner, Reddy Charlton

LHW have managed our Firm’s internal pension scheme for many years. During this time Cara has always been of huge help in navigating all aspects of the scheme and ancillary...

Dan Walsh, Company Director J.C. Walsh & Sons Limited

Delighted with the service from the LHW team . This whole pension auto enrolment scheme had me with more questions than anything but Alan , Jonathan and the team made...

The Kings Hospital

LHW have been managing our pension and group life scheme cover plans for over 20 years. I highly recommend LHW, who over the years have given us expert advice and...

Sooner than Later Ltd

We at Sooner Than Later entrusted the management of our employees pension scheme along with managing the owner Directors portfolio’s for over twenty years. During this time we have experienced...

Retired Doctor Patrick Watson

John gives very sound advice, and he sets out the financial plan in a way that is clear, concise and easy to understand. There is no jargon! As a person...

The Packaging Centre

Congratulations on LHW reaching this milestone, it is a credit to all the staff members and the services you all provide . The best of luck in your new premises....

Paul Holland, Company Director

John Dunne has been a valued and trusted advisor for many years. In addition to meticulous financial planning and attention to detail, John excels in engaging with clients and making...

John Gillen, IT consultant

“Thanks to John Dunne I finally feel like I have a solid plan and some real confidence in my financial future. Before working with John I knew very little about...

Brian Minehane & Dorothy Maxwell, Company Directors. The Sustainable Business Group

“I feel both informed and prepared for retirement. John’s ability to bring our disparate retirement pools into a single cohesive view of what our finances will look like well into...

David Webb Secretary of St. John’s House and The Brabazon Trust

We are a long-standing client of LHW and have always been very impressed with their professionalism and expertise in advising on our staff pension arrangements. Their comprehensive approach, clear communication,...

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