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Neil A Bowden

Neil A Bowden

UK 2026

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About

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Neil is UK Head of Compensation, Employment & Governance. He advises a mixture of trustees and employers on their pension arrangements with a client base including some of the biggest funds in the UK.

Recently, Neil has assisted clients with key strategic changes such as benefit reviews, contingent funding arrangements and closure of schemes to future accrual, as well as guiding them through the changing regulatory environment (including the increasing focus on ESG issues). He also has a great deal of experience in liability management, including advising in a number of the significant recent buy-in and longevity swap transactions.

Neil sits on the Legislative and Parliamentary Subcommittee of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and also served on the committee of the Society of Pension Consultants. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and training events.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Pensions - UK-wide

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Individual Editorial

Neil Bowden is the head of A&O Sheaman's UK pensions practice. He assists employers and trustees of major pension plans with handling the full range of regulatory and transactional challenges affecting their schemes.

Strengths

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  • Neil is an excellent professional who is completely on top of the issues. He's calm, thoughtful and a pleasure to work with.

    PensionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Neil is an astute, experienced, and very well connected senior pension professional who continues to deliver superb support.

    PensionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Neil is an incredibly impressive individual with a very strong commercial and pragmatic focus.

    PensionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Neil comes with decades of extensive experience at the forefront of the pensions world.

    PensionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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