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Chris Ransom

Senior Associate

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

Chris is a Senior Associate in the CMS Pensions team.  

With over ten years’ experience Chris advises trustees and employers of occupational pension schemes (both DB and DC) of all sizes on a full range of pension issues. His current clients cover a wide range of industries, including a number of household names in the manufacturing, financial services and IT sectors.  His more recent experience has been focused on liability reduction, closures to accrual and scheme merger exercises. 

In his time as a pensions lawyer, Chris has spent six months on secondment at the Pension Protection Fund during which time he acquired a detailed understanding of the PPF assessment process and the PPF levy regime in particular.

Chris has more recently spent eight months on secondment with the Universities Superannuation Scheme advising on a broad range of pensions issues.

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Relevant experience

  • The pension scheme trustee for a global technology company’s defined benefit schemes in the UK on the significant merger of three existing schemes into a new £1bn pension scheme and the implementation of new funding arrangements.  
  • The Trustee of a multi-billion pound defined contribution occupational pension scheme on the bulk transfer of money purchase assets to a master trust.
  • Employers and trustees on understanding pension issues in relation to members with protected person status in the coal and electricity industries.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Full Member of the Association of Pension Lawyers
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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

  • 2003 – LL.B (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London
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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
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...
30/11/2022
Tune into the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #44 - Pensions Dashboards...
Hosted by CMS Pensions experts this series looks ahead at the key issues developing in the pensions sector with a specific focus on what you need to know, and practically, what you need to do.In this...
17/10/2022
Download the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #42 - ESG and investing
Hosted by CMS Pensions experts this series looks ahead at the key issues developing in the pensions sector with a specific focus on what you need to know, and practically, what you need to do. In this...
27/04/2021
CMS Pensions Briefing - Investment and Risk
Welcome to the first of our new regular briefings on topical issues relating to investment and risk management. In this briefing we explore some key news stories for UK defined benefit and defined contribution...