Stephenson Harwood

Employment, Pensions, Private Wealth, Immigration, Contentious Trusts and Corporate Tax

Chris has considerable experience acting for trustees and employers, parties acting in an interest-based or representative capacity, and for clients pursuing or defending high-value professional negligence actions.

He has advised clients extensively on a range of matters concerning: outsourcing disputes; technical investment based claims; disputes as to the funding of pension schemes; the Pension Regulator's moral hazard regime; the construction and rectification of trust documents; pension claims in insolvency; cross-border disputes arising out of trusts; and, breach of contract and professional negligence claims.

Clients appreciate Chris’s focus on achieving effective commercial outcomes, preserving stakeholder relationships during disputes, and often securing resolutions through mediation rather than litigation.

Chris is a qualified solicitor-advocate, having attained his Higher Rights of Audience. Chris was elected to the Education & Seminars Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers in 2020. Chris has been recognised as a leading pensions disputes lawyer in Chambers and Legal 500.