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Provided by Susie Daykin
Susie advises trustees and employers on all matters relating to their pension arrangements. She has advised the trustees of some of the UK's largest pension schemes. Her practice includes advising on a broad range of issues, from funding investment and security, governance and compliance, member issues, benefit changes, scheme restructuring and helping trustees respond to corporate activity (including distress and insolvency). Susie also has significant experience advising trustees and insurers on risk transfer transactions.
Susie is a significant contributor to the wider industry. She is a longstanding member of the Legislative and Parliamentary Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers and regularly engages with government and regulatory stakeholders in relation to industry developments, most recently in relation to the abolition of the Lifetime Allowance and the new provisions bringing certain pension death benefits within the scope of IHT.
Susie recently spoke at the PMI Defined Benefit Pensions Conference 2026 on the legal and strategic considerations for allocation of pension scheme surpluses.
2026 – Pinsent Masons, Partner
2012-2026 - Travers Smith, Partner
2004-2012 – Travers Smith, Associate and Senior Counsel
2001-2004 – Allen & Overy, Associate
1998 – Qualified – England & Wales
Association of Pension Lawyers
Acting as lead adviser to the trustees of various defined benefit and hybrid pension schemes on all matters relating to their schemes;
Advising on numerous pension derisking transactions for trustees and insurers;
Lead adviser to the trustees of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme in relation to the insolvency of the Lehmans estate, including in the groundbreaking litigation to the Supreme Court to establish the scope of the Pension Regulator’s anti-avoidance powers, the settlement reached with the Lehmans estate and the eventual buy-out of members’ benefits in full with Rothesay Life
Merton College, Oxford
BA in Jurisprudence
1997
College of Law, York
Legal Practice Course
1998
Provided by Chambers
Susie Daykin is well regarded for her experience across the full range of pensions matters. She is a renowned expert on de-risking and also works with clients on pensions matters relating to corporate restructurings.
Provided by Chambers
Susie is very knowledgeable, experienced and insightful. She goes out of her way to add value.
Susie is great to work with and provides practical advice.
Susie is very knowledgeable, experienced and insightful. She goes out of her way to add value.
Susie is great to work with and provides practical advice.