Ian Gordon > Gowling WLG > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Gowling WLG Offices
TWO SNOWHILL
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6WR
England
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Ian Gordon
Work Department
HRG (human resources group), pensions team.
Position
Partner, Head of Pensions Disputes (UK)
Career
Called to the Bar 1994; Wragge & Lawrence Graham & Co, partner from 1 May 2014; Beachcroft Stanleys, 1994 – 1997; Simmons & Simmons, associate, 1997-2007; RPC, senior associate, 2007-2011; Wragge & Co, director, 2011-2014; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014. Publications of note: Numerous articles for pensions and other professional magazines (including ‘Professional Pensions’, ‘Accountancy Age’ and the ‘New Law Journal’).
Languages
English, French and German.
Memberships
Full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers. Sitting on the Litigation Sub-committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
Education
Old Swinford Hospital, 1982 – 1989; Christ Church, Oxford, MA Law, Bachelor of Civil Law, 1989 – 1993.
Leisure
Gym, cricket, golf, tennis and (especially) landscape oil painting (doing, not viewing!).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Gowling WLG‘s ‘very strong specialist pensions litigation team’ is led by the ‘intelligent and astute‘ Ian Gordon, who is especially experienced in handling complex issues involving occupational pension schemes. The ‘truly impressive’ wider practice’s workload includes assisting clients in High Court-level disputes; advising on professional negligence cases, work for which legal director Charlotte Scholes is a key contact; and assisting clients in the resolution of Pensions Ombudsman cases namely regarding claims and disputes with members. Associate Aaron Dunning-Foreman is experienced advising on issues relating to complex data breaches in a pensions context.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Pensions
- Transport