Mark Grant
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Work Department
Pensions.
Position
Partner specialising in pensions; advising employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law; acted for Coloroll trustees in landmark ECJ case on sex equality issues; head of the firm’s Pensions Ombudsman Unit which advises on how to avoid complaints to the Ombudsman as well as defending employers, trustees and advisers; major clients include Royal Mail, Taylor Wimpey, ABN AMRO, Scottish & Newcastle, Weetabix, Bank of America and leading firms of independent trustees; extensive experience of winding up schemes.
Career
Trained McKenna & Co, qualified 1992; secondment to pensions practice of New York firm Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts 1995; partner Cameron McKenna 1999; publications: ‘The Pensions Ombudsman: Powers, Procedures and Decisions’ (Sweet & Maxwell) 1998; winner of APL’s Wallace Medal for Excellence in Pensions Writing; assistant editor, Occupational Pensions Law Reports 1997-2007; co-editor of International Pension Lawyer 1995-97; numerous articles for trade journals; regular speaker at commercial conferences.
Member
Law Society working committee on the Pensions Bill, 1995; membership secretary, IPEBLA (International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association) 1997-2001; Association of Pension Lawyers; APL’s Pensions Litigation Committee; Pensions Ombudsman’s User Group.
Education
Haydon Bridge High School, Northumberland; Hertford College, Oxford (1989 BA Law).
Leisure
Cycling, Newcastle United.
Practice Areas
Pensions - dispute resolution; Pensions (non contentious)
