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

 

 
Lauren Cathro
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Lauren Cathro is an Associate in the Pensions Team and joined CMS in January 2022, having qualified in March 2019. Lauren primarily advises trustees of occupational pension schemes of all sizes, and...
Lauren Clark-Hughes
Lauren Clark-Hughes
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Lauren joined the Pensions team at CMS in 2023, having trained at Travers Smith LLP and qualified into the Travers Smith Dispute Resolution team in 2018. Lauren advises trustees of DB pensions schemes...
Rory Clark
Rory Clark
Associate
United Kingdom, Manchester
Rory is an Associate in the Pensions team and joined CMS Manchester as a newly qualified solicitor in 2023. He has a range of experience in contentious and non-contentious matters, advising trustee and...
Rebecca Carter
Rebecca Colman
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Rebecca Carter is a senior associate in the CMS Pensions Team. Rebecca’s experience covers advising both employers and trustees of occupational pension schemes, including in relation to ongoing benefit...
Wills Crump
Wills Crump
Associate
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Wills is an associate in the CMS Pensions Team. He specialises in all aspects of UK pensions law. Wills joined CMS in 2022 from a CSE-sector specialist firm, prior to which he trained and practiced in...
Harriet Dammone
Harriet Dammone
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Harriet is an associate in the Pensions Team. She joined CMS as a trainee solicitor in 2018 and qualified in 2020. Harriet advises trustees, employers and providers on a broad range of contentious and...
Leigh McLevy
Leigh McLevy
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Leigh McLevy is an associate in the CMS Pensions Team advising various trustee, corporate and local government clients on all aspects of pensions law and regulation. Leigh works closely with clients...
Rosie Wallace
Rosie Wallace
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Rosie Wallace is an associate in the Pensions Team and joined CMS as a newly qualified solicitor in 2023. Rosie advises trustees and employers of both DB and DC schemes on all aspects of pensions law...
Mark Grant
Mark Grant
Consultant
United Kingdom, London
Mark Grant is a consultant in the CMS Pensions team. He joined the firm as a trainee in 1990 and has specialised in pensions law since qualifying in 1992. He became a partner in 1999 and was head of the...
John Hanratty
John Hanratty
Consultant
United Kingdom, Sheffield
John is a consultant in our Pensions Team in the North of England and advises on all areas of contentious and non-contentious pension law. John advises schemes ranging in size from £1 million up to £10...