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EC2Y 9SS
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Danny Tsang
Position
Danny specialises in pensions law and has 25 years of experience in advising on all aspects of pensions and benefits matters. His clients include employers, trustees as well as insolvency practitioners. His practice focuses on advising clients in relation to pension strategy and includes the restructuring of pension schemes such as scheme mergers and changes to benefit structures and de-risking solutions. He also advises on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions liaising with the Pensions Regulator, whenever necessary, as well as assisting the pensions dispute resolution team on pension dispute matters.
Career
Previously partner of a major international law firm; partner in the employment, pensions and incentives team Simmons & Simmons 2013; member of the Association of Pension Lawyers, currently secretary of its international sub-committee; member of The International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association and regularly participates at its conferences; contributes to articles and legal bulletins.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Employment > Pensions
Simmons & Simmons‘ ‘extremely accessible and knowledgeable’ pensions team has experience ranging from de-risking mandates to corporate restructurings, reorganisations, legal compliance work, and scheme mergers. While Danny Tsang chairs the national pensions practice from London, James Dean leads the Bristol office and is often approached for his expertise across a wide range of pension scheme investments, restructurings and pension liability issues. He works alongside Kate Fellows-Tully and Dan Bryan.
London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
Simmons & Simmons‘ corporate pensions team works on a variety of pensions issues spanning de-risking DB pension arrangements, M&A-related work, GMP equalisation matters and compliance issues. Group head Danny Tsang has a particular focus on corporate pension strategies including scheme restructurings, mergers and de-risking issues, and DB liability management work. Edward Smith has been notably active in advising FTSE 100 companies on pension benefit redesigns, and James Dean handles pension scheme investments and de-risking projects. Laura Friedman is also a key contact.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Property litigation