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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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Pensions: dispute resolution London > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport