Pensions
UK Guide 2025 : London (Firms)
Band 1
Contact number
+1 212 903 9000Chambers Review
Linklaters has an eminent pensions practice which combines contentious and non-contentious expertise. The team is recognised for its high-quality advice to a diverse range of clients in corporate restructuring, investment matters and liability management. Its clients include sponsors, trustees and insurance companies.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters advised CK Hutchison on the pensions implications of the creation of a joint venture between its UK businesses Three and Vodafone, including advice on funding obligations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linklaters are a very strong team who have never let us down and are willing to turn around tasks in challenging timescales."
"They are always very responsive, acknowledging receipt of queries and turning around advice quickly."
"Linklaters will provide full and detailed explanations, avoiding technical jargon and trying to find pragmatic solutions to complex issues."
"Linklaters has a professional and expert team who have both broad and specific experience on many matters pertinent to pension schemes, and thus are able to provide us suitable advice on all aspects."
"Linklaters are a very strong team who have never let us down and are willing to turn around tasks in challenging timescales."
"They are always very responsive, acknowledging receipt of queries and turning around advice quickly."
"Linklaters will provide full and detailed explanations, avoiding technical jargon and trying to find pragmatic solutions to complex issues."
"Linklaters has a professional and expert team who have both broad and specific experience on many matters pertinent to pension schemes, and thus are able to provide us suitable advice on all aspects."
Notable Practitioners
Claire Petheram leads Linklaters' global pensions team. She advises major clients on all pensions issues, ranging from scheme mergers and benefit changes to liability management matters.
"Claire is the best lawyer I have ever come across, actually. She has terrific technical knowledge and is a very long-term trusted partner."
"Claire has a commendable ability to explain complex technical matters in an accessible way, to set out the options and risks clearly, and to advise on a pragmatic approach."
Philip Goss acts on behalf of scheme trustees and employers on a variety of pensions issues, such as funding arrangements, scheme transactions and mergers.
"Philip is a very strong lawyer and leader, and his deepest strength is the ability to work out solutions to complicated challenges."
"Philip is a competent negotiator who holds his own for key points and doesn't get bogged down by pointless point scoring."
"He is responsive, articulate and open to accepting a challenge, helping us form our own views using his advice."
Rosalind Knowles assists trustees and employers with a wide array of pensions concerns, including funding arrangements and member benefit changes.
"Rosalind is a very experienced pensions lawyer with deep technical knowledge and the ability to explain advice clearly to clients."
"Rosalind is knowledgeable, pragmatic and commercially aware."