Jason Blakey > Squire Patton Boggs > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘very commercial, always responsive and client focused‘ team at Squire Patton Boggs acts on complex and high-value disputes and ‘are very skilled not just at litigation strategy, but also commercial strategy’. Clients of the team derive from the financial services, utilities, IT, manufacturing, and retail sectors. ‘Great all rounder‘ Jason Blakey leads the team out of Leeds alongside David Holland. At associate level, ‘very sound litigator’ Matthew Campbell and ‘stand-out performer’ Jenny Broderick are noted.

Squire Patton Boggs‘ pensions litigation practice is experienced in dealing with trustees, employers, and scheme members, and is adept at assisting large schemes such as the Jaguar Land Rover Pension Scheme and Thames Water Pension Trustees Limited. The team is led by Manchester-based practitioner Victoria Leigh, who is recommended for her work in public sector pensions. Other work the practice carries out includes risk management; regulatory proceedings, an area in which Jason Blakey is recommended; contentious issues at the juncture of pensions and tax; professional negligence cases; and construction and rectification issues. The practice has noteworthy abilities handling small, self-administered schemes.