Pensions lawyers

Our award-winning pensions team is experienced in advising trustees, employers, consultants and insurers on all aspects of pensions law. As well as day-to-day advice, we have particular experience advising on benefit redesign, scheme closures and liability reduction. We are industry-leaders in longevity hedging, buy-in, buy-out, asset-backed funding, funds and corporate restructuring. Unlike other pension law practices, we also work on litigation, as this enables us to brief clients in full on any potentially contentious issues and provides a balanced approach to our advice.

We provide schemes of all sizes with clear, pragmatic and proactive advice. We stand out from other firms with the inside track on key issues that are developing in the pensions market and we make sure that our clients are kept up-to-date on the latest pensions legal developments by sending a variety of regular updates, which focus on what you need to know and, practically, what you need to do.

With 60+ UK lawyers, we have one of the largest pension teams of any major UK law firm (and the largest London pensions team in a full-service law firm). We are widely regarded as market-leaders in the pensions industry maintaining, for the eleventh consecutive year, our top tier rankings for both Pensions and Pensions Litigation in both Chambers and Legal 500. 

More information on the Pensions team can be found here.

They’re the biggest hitter both in terms of litigation and advisory work. They have resources that no one else can contemplate and they do phenomenal work.
Chambers, 2020

 

 
Caroline Kurup
Caroline Kurup
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Caroline is a partner in the Pensions Team at CMS London. Qualifying as a solicitor over 12 years ago, in Australia, Caroline has almost 10 years of experience in pensions law. She has experience in corporate...
Thomas Lockley
Thomas Lockley
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Thomas Lockley is a partner in the CMS Financial Services team and specialises in advising financial institutions on regulatory matters, and corporate finance and risk transactions. Thomas advises investment...
Natalie Mee
Natalie Mee
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Natalie Mee is a partner in the Pensions Team advising a broad range of trustee and employer clients, on the day to day running of occupational pension schemes of all sizes across different sectors...
Jenny Nanalal
Jenny Nanalal
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Jenny Nanalal is a partner in our Financial Services team, where she advises financial institutions on capital-driven transactions and associated regulatory matters, with a particular focus on risk transfer...
Simon Pilcher
Simon Pilcher
Partner
Head of the Finance Practice Group
United Kingdom, London
Simon Pilcher is Head of the Finance Practice Group and specialises in pensions. Simon joined the firm in 1994 and became a partner in 2003. He advises on all aspects of pensions law including scheme...
Maria Rodia
Maria Rodia
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Maria Rodia is a partner in our market-leading Pensions practice. She advises trustees of occupational pension schemes of all sizes, as well as employers, providers and investment consultant clients...
Owen Ross
Owen Ross
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Owen is a partner in the CMS financial services group, he advises insurers, reinsurers, Lloyd’s businesses and capital providers on transactional matters. Much of his work is capital driven and he...
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Neil Smith is a partner in the Pensions team. He has extensive experience in dealing with all types of pensions issues. His practice encompasses both contentious and non-contentious issues. On the contentious...
Keith Webster
Keith Webster
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Keith is a partner in the Pensions team. He advises trustees and employers running large occupational pension schemes on all areas of pensions related law, including litigation. He has particular expertise...
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Mark is Of Counsel in the Employment team. He advises on all aspects of employment law. He “is an outstanding legal practitioner in the field of U.K. labor and employment law. He is diligent, an expert...