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Pete Coyne

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Pete Coyne is a partner in our Pensions practice with over 20 years of experience.

Pete has dealt with all kinds of pensions issues including benefit restructurings, buy-ins and buy-outs, longevity swaps, product design, transactions, investment matters and disputes. He acts for trustees, employers, product providers and benefit consultants across a whole range of pensions issues.

Pete was a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers’ Legislative & Parliamentary Committee for 6 years and subsequently a member of its Main Committee for 4 years.

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He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars and is described in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as "a simply excellent lawyer” and “an absolute delight to work with, a steady pair of hands and unflappable".

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Relevant experience

  • General Electric on UK pensions issues including the merger of 17 of its UK final salary pension schemes, benefit change projects and many transactions.
  • Pension Insurance Corporation on many bulk annuity transactions including PPF+ cases, collateralised transactions and those involving the insurance of residual risks.
  • Trustees on a number of longevity risk transactions and buy-in/buy-outs.
  • The only reported case on actuarial negligence which was successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal.
  • Trustees of one of the first schemes to enter a PPF assessment period.
  • Trustees and employers on asset backed funding structures.
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Publications

  • Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (16th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
  • Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (15th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
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Education

  • 1998 – MA (Hons) English, University of St Andrews, St Andrews.
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08/02/2024
Trustee Knowledge Update – November 2023 - January 2024
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that...
10/01/2024
TPR General Code of Practice - great expectations for good governance
The long anticipated General Code of Practice from The Pensions Regulator has been laid before Parliament today, with an expected go-live date of 27 March 2024.The General Code replaces ten of the existing...
22/11/2023
Autumn Statement: a bumper day for pensions
After a quiet King’s Speech for pensions, there was plenty of content to make up for it in today’s Autumn Statement, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing a raft of new pension measures...
10/11/2023
Trustee Knowledge Update – August-October 2023
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that...
09/10/2023
CMS launches 16th edition of the Pensions Law Handbook
CMS is delighted to announce the launch of the 16th edition of the Pensions Law Handbook, the definitive guide to pensions law and practice in the UK. Written by the CMS pensions team, it is an essential...
08/08/2023
Trustee Knowledge Update - May - July 2023
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that...
08/08/2023
CMS Pensions Investment and Risk Briefing
Welcome to the third edition of the CMS Pensions team’s Investment and Risk publication, our latest briefing on topical issues facing occupational pension schemes in the risk and investment spheres...
03/05/2023
Trustee Knowledge Update - February - April 2023
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme.  They must also ensure that...
15/03/2023
The end of the lifetime allowance
In today’s Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced dramatic pensions tax changes - increasing the annual allowance from £40,000 to £60,000, and scrapping the lifetime allowance entirely...
03/02/2023
Trustee Knowledge Update – November 2022 - January 2023
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme.  They must also ensure that...
13/12/2022
CMS Pensions Briefing: DC and Master Trusts
Welcome to our regular briefing on topical issues facing defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements, including DC Master Trusts. In this briefing we take a look at the rapidly developing legal framework...
08/11/2022
Trustee Knowledge Update – August-October 2022
Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that...