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Simon Evans

Senior Associate

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Simon Evans

Senior Associate

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

Simon Evans is a Senior Associate in the Pensions Team. As well as day-to-day advice, he has particular experience advising schemes and employers on scheme funding arrangements, distressed employers and GMP equalisation. He also advises on pensions litigation, especially ‘moral hazard’ and funding investigations by the Pensions Regulator and professional negligence claims. His reported cases include Colart [2019] EWHC 3081 (Ch) and BT [2020] EWCA Civ 1.

Simon joined CMS in 2018 after spending over 5 years at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. He has previously been seconded to the New Airways Pension Scheme, Lloyds Banking Group and the Pension Protection Fund. Simon sits on the Education & Seminars Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Association of Pension Lawyers
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Publications

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Lectures list

  • 2023 - ‘PPF+ and non-eligible schemes: underfunded winding up outside of the PPF’ – APL Annual Conference
  • 2023 - ‘Responsible Investing – ESG and EDI’ – Boal & Co Pensions Governance Conference
  • 2021 -  ‘Recent Judgments: The practical impact on pension schemes’, Society of Pensions Professionals Conference 
  • 2018 - ‘A new dawn in DB regulation’, Association of Pension Lawyers Summer Conference 
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Education

  • 2010 - LLM, Birkbeck College, University of London, London
  • 2007 - LLM, University College London, London
  • 2006 - BVC, Inns of Court School of Law, London
  • 2005 - LLB, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
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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...
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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...
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28/03/2023
CMS Specialist Counsel: Pensions Regulator Investigations
Pensions regulatory and criminal investigations are pressurised, disruptive and come with a high risk. The CMS Pensions Team has the experience and depth of resource to assist quickly and effectively...
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04/10/2022
Pensions and corporate activity: robust blog from the Pensions Regulator...
The long-awaited regulations to introduce new notifiable events and require a declaration of intent have not yet emerged. However the Pensions Regulator has issued recent blog posts, especially on M&A...
Law-Now Mergers & Acquisitions
21/12/2021
Watch On-Demand - Managing Investigations Video Series: Dawn Raids
Our latest video in the Managing Investigations: Planning, Pressures and Pitfalls series is now available to watch on-demand on cms.law. In this video exploring Dawn Raids, we provide tips to prepare...
Law-Now Employment & Pensions
15/10/2021
Corporates Take Note! The “notifiable events” regime for defined benefit...
The Pension Regulator’s (“TPR”) notifiable events framework is intended as an early warning system, alerting TPR to activity that could potentially lead to calls on the Pension Protection Fund...
Law-Now Employment & Pensions
02/09/2021
Buy in of the Fujitsu General (U.K.) Co. Limited Pension and Life Assurance...
The Trustee of the Fujitsu General (U.K) Co. Limited Pension and Life Assurance Plan (the Plan) has entered into a full buy-in transaction with Aviva. The buy-in secures defined benefit liabilities of...
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