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Mark Atkinson
Partner

Mark Atkinson

London, United Kingdom
Languages
  • English

Mark Atkinson is a partner in CMS’ Pensions team. He acts for trustees and companies in relation to occupational pension schemes providing day to day advice along with leading on some of the most structural issues that impact schemes - mergers, buy-out/in, takeover of sponsors, PPF entry and contingent assets. He also acts for claimants and defendants in relation to professional negligence claims involving pension scheme advisers as well as for parties in applications for directions from the Courts.

Mark provides on going advice to many household names including Sainsbury's, BAA, Harrods and Coca Cola.

Awards & Recognitions
01 –
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    Mark is named as a leading specialist in the pensions field ('energetic client man', 'Super-bright and extremely articulate') and pensions litigation field ('keen as mustard and extremely clever', 'Fantastic pensions litigator')
    Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and The Legal 500.

Relevant experience

  • Sainsbury’s trustees on large property based Scottish Limited Partnership.
  • Booker trustees on a seven scheme merger.
  • Headway trustees on a successful application for directions (including success defending, the first instance decision in the Court of Appeal).
  • Coca-Cola trustees on captive reinsurance transaction.
  • BAA trustees on initially hostile takeover by Ferriovial led consortium and subsequent reorganisation and refinancing.
  • Clearing banks on reorganisation of cheque clearing provider.
  • Trustees of the BMI Pension Scheme on sale of sponsor and entry into Pension Protection Fund.
  • Multiple clients (sponsors and trustees) on negotiating with the Pensions Regulator.

Publications

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

Memberships & Roles

  • Past Chair, Association of Pension Lawyers
  • Associate, Pensions Management Institute

Education

  • 1990 - Pembroke College, Cambridge University
Practice Areas
Pensions Financial Institutions Lending Banking & Finance Employment, Labour & Pensions Dispute Resolution

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Tune into the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #47 – DB Funding Code

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Download the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #31 – Pension Schemes Act 2021 - Information Sharing

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RPI Reform: should you be taking action?

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Pensions on insolvency: CJEU suggests “poverty line” test in the Bauer case

19 Dec 2019 6 min read
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