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Alex is a Partner in the Pensions Team.  Alex joined the firm in London as a trainee solicitor in 2010 and qualified into the pensions department in 2012, having spent six months there as a trainee.   Alex is now based in the CMS Manchester office.

Alex advises trustees, employers, representative beneficiaries, the PPF and pension service providers on a range of contentious and non-contentious pension issues.  Alex’s practice includes advice on scheme buy-ins and buy-outs, ongoing scheme advice.  In addition to advising on day-to-day pension matters, she has particular expertise in advising on contentious pensions matters including Part 7 and Part 8 pensions litigation.  

Listed as a ‘Rising Star’ in the Legal 500.  Shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year at the 2025 Women in Pensions Awards.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "A ‘Rising Star’ for Pensions: Dispute Resolution."
    Legal 500, 2023

Relevant experience

  • BT on an expedited Part 8 construction claim regarding RPI/CPI, including Court of Appeal.
  • Secondment to a large pension service provider to advise on contentious pensions matters.
  • On scheme buy-ins and buy-outs, including associated benefit specification and date cleanse work, followed by scheme wind-ups.
  • On surplus considerations.
  • Ongoing advice in relation to scheme amendments, benefit queries, scheme governance, auto-enrolment and data protection issues.
  • Dispute resolution advice, including the conduct of substantial professional negligence claims with experience of mediation and Pension Ombudsman complaints. 
  • The PPF on assessment period cases and related advice. 
  • Employers, trustees and representative beneficiaries on Part 8 rectification/construction proceedings (including contested and uncontested applications) along with underlying professional negligence action against former advisers.

Publications

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

Memberships & Roles

  • Full Member , Association of Pensions Lawyers

Awards & Rankings

  • Shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year Award: Women in Pensions, 2025.

Education

  • 2009 – Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, London.
  • 2008 – LL.B., University of Exeter, Exeter.

Insights by Alexandra

Pensions Ombudsman Update - March 2026

09 Mar 2026 1 min read

Pensions Ombudsman Update - Summer 2025

01 Aug 2025 1 min read

“Come Together” – From Abbey Road to Mansion House – a clearer, firmer trajectory to scale and consolidation for the LGPS

04 Jun 2025 5 min read

Pensions Ombudsman Update - December 2024

10 Dec 2024 1 min read
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