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Mark Jenkins

Partner

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

Mark Jenkins is a Partner in the Pensions Team. Mark has extensive experience advising employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious issues. On the non-contentious side, Mark has a broad practice, including advising on benefit design and restructuring including asset backed funding arrangements, as well as investment issues, with a particular focus on insolvency and restructuring matters. Mark also advises on de-risking activity, including buy-ins and buy-outs and longevity swaps, acting for insurers on transactions as well as advising trustees on de-risking transactions. 

Mark is an experienced litigator, including acting for a leading actuarial and benefit consultant in pensions professional negligence matters, with whom he spent 2017 on secondment as a Senior Litigation Counsel. He has acted in a number of Part 8 pension cases, and also has extensive experience of advising on IDRP and Pensions Ombudsman complaints. 

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Relevant experience

  • The Trustees of the Monarch Airlines scheme on the regulated apportionment arrangement and PPF entry.
  • The Trustees of the House of Fraser Pension Scheme on the recent CVA and associated restructuring of the business and subsequent entry of the scheme into a PPF Assessment Period.
  • An insurer on a multi-tranche buy-out on ‘umbrella’ contract terms, including drafting the umbrella contract for the insurer.
  • An employer on an asset backed funding arrangement for two pension schemes, where the asset used in the structure was loan notes.
  • A representative class of employers in the MNRPF v Stena Line Part 8 proceedings.
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Memberships & Roles

  • London Committee of the Pensions Management Institute.
  • Full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
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Publications

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Education

  • 2008 – GDL, BPP Law School, London
  • 2004 – B.A., University of Leeds, Leeds
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30/01/2024
Pensions Ombudsman Update - January 2024
Welcome to the latest regular Pensions Ombudsman Update from the CMS Pensions Team. The Pensions Ombudsman resolves many cases every year which are not only important for the parties concerned, but can...
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...
16/06/2023
Contracted out schemes - are your amendments valid?
The High Court has handed down an important, and potentially problematic, judgment on the effectiveness of historic amendments to contracted-out DB pension schemes. Trustees will need to work with their...
18/05/2023
CMS advises Legal & General on £2.7bn buy-in with British Steel Pension...
CMS advised Legal & General Assurance Society (Legal & General) on its fourth and final buy-in policy with the British Steel Pension Scheme (the Scheme), totalling £2.7bn, under which the remaining 40%...
26/01/2023
Pensions Ombudsman Update - January 2023
Welcome to the latest regular Pensions Ombudsman Update from the CMS Pensions Team. The Pensions Ombudsman resolves many cases every year which are not only important for the parties concerned, but can...
03/08/2022
Cryptoassets held by individuals: Inheritance tax and pensions tax relief
HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) continues to update and expand its guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets held by individuals. In this series, we will explore various tax topics relevant to individuals...
03/08/2022
Cryptoassets held by individuals: Inheritance tax and pensions tax relief
Tax Relief on Making Pension Contributions Subject to certain limits, income tax relief is available to members in respect of member contributions paid to registered pension schemes. On the basis that...
26/07/2022
Pensions Ombudsman Update - July 2022
Welcome to the latest regular Pensions Ombudsman Update from the CMS Pensions Team.The Pensions Ombudsman resolves many cases every year which are not only important for the parties concerned, but can...
01/06/2021
Download the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #26 – Overpayments
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...
15/12/2020
CMS advises Aon Retirement Plan Trustee on £510m buy-in transaction
International law firm CMS has acted as legal adviser to its longstanding client the Trustee of the Aon Retirement Plan (the Plan) in relation to a £510 million buy-in transaction with Scottish Widows...
08/12/2020
Download the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #15 – Pensions Ombudsman
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...