Carlyle Field

Carlyle Field is a Partner at Shepstone & Wylie in Durban, specialising in pension fund law. He advises large retirement funds, bargaining councils, and principal employers on pension and other employee benefits issues, including the conversion of funds from defined benefit to defined contribution, pensioner outsourcing arrangements, formulation of surplus schemes, section 14 transfer schemes, fund management, and duties of boards of trustees.

He has experience engaging with regulatory authorities such as the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and SARS to achieve optimal outcomes for boards of trustees. He has a thorough knowledge of the Pension Funds Act and other relevant legislation, directives, and circulars regulating retirement funds and boards of trustees. He is a Principal Officer with sixteen years of experience in the retirement funds industry.

Carlyle holds an LLB from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a member of the Pension Lawyers Association of South Africa (PLA), having previously served as its Vice President and as a member of its National Steering Committee for six years. He is also a member of the BATSETA Governance, Legal and Technical Committee.