Lynette Lewis > Shoosmiths LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths LLP Offices

103 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 3AG
England
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Lynette Lewis

Work Department
Pensions, Partner
Position
Lynette is an experienced pensions lawyer who advises both employers and trustees. Having also gained considerable experience as a transactional corporate lawyer, she has a particular expertise in dealing with pensions related issues on transactions and in stressed and distressed situations. Her experience gives her the ability to put pensions issues into the context of the event in question.
Lynette is also experienced in drafting scheme documents as well as providing ongoing advice on the day to day running of pension schemes, including having acted as the chair of trustees of a defined benefit pension scheme for a number of years.
She is also well known for her expertise in relation to the employer debt legislation, negotiating bulk annuity (buy in/buy out) policies and the rules relating to Pension Protection Fund contingent assets.
Lynette is recognised for her pragmatic and practical approach to matters and her ability to distil complex legal issues to clients. A client recently complimented her proactive approach stating that he wished all of his advisers were like her. She has also been described as “very clear and very commercial.” Lynette is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL) and is Secretary to the East Midlands Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Employment > Pensions
At Shoosmiths LLP the ‘very competent‘ Lynette Lewis has been involved in several complex transactions involving defined benefit pensions schemes. Lewis continues to act for both trustees and employers. National head of pensions David Thompson is also well-regarded. The team is recommended for its work on scheme mergers, buy-in projects and other areas such as rule amendments and scheme restructurings.
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- Finance > Banking and finance
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Real estate > Environment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
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- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Construction
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Social housing
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant