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Employment & Pensions lawyers

For your business to be successful, you must manage your employees and their benefits as well as your employee representatives such as works councils and unions. Employers with occupational pension schemes also need to work with scheme trustees to manage liabilities, risk and member expectations.

Employment and pension law in the UK is complex, and our team of award-winning employment and pensions specialists can help you navigate the maze of regulations, new law, policy documents, pension fund structures and other legal complexities you must contend with on a daily basis.

 
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...
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Catherine works on employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious and has specific expertise in complex multi-jurisdictional and High Court litigation (especially bonus and employee competition...
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...
Alison Woods
Alison Woods
Partner
Co-Head of Employment
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
Alison is co-head of the CMS UK employment team, and has a practice that extends across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law.  Alison has a particular interest in assisting...
Eric Gilligan
Eric Gilligan
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
Eric is Of Counsel in the Employment Team and has specialised in both contentious and non-contentious employment law for 20 years. He has acted for a range of employer clients across many sectors including...
Sarah McMaster
Sarah McMaster
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, London
Sarah is an Of Counsel in our Employees Incentives team.  Sarah specialises in employee share schemes and incentive arrangements, working with a broad range of clients (from early-stage companies through...
Sarah Ozanne
Sarah Ozanne
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, London
Sarah Ozanne is Of Counsel in the Employment team and has specialised in both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters for over 15 years. She works with clients in a broad range of industry...
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...
Anita Wisby
Anita Wisby
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, Reading
Anita has specialised in employment law for over 19 years and works with UK and international clients in a wide range of sectors; she manages a broad caseload of advisory, non-contentious and contentious...
Rowan Alexander
Rowan Alexander
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Rowan is a Senior Associate in the Employment Team based in the Glasgow office. Having specialised in employment law since 2014, Rowan has experience in advising on contentious and non-contentious employment...