Sarah Swift > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England

Work Department

Sarah is a partner in our London pensions team. With 20 years' pensions experience (8 as a partner), she has a range of trustee and corporate clients with large DB and DC schemes and advises on all aspects of pensions law. Recent work includes: advising a trustee board on a major corporate restructuring involving significant mitigation and de-risking measures; advising a company on liability management issues and advising a corporate on the move away from occupational DC provision to a master trust.

Sarah is a regular speaker at external and internal events (including the Butterworths Lexis Nexis conferences on pensions law). Sarah spent four years as an elected member of the Association of Pension Lawyers' Legislative and Parliamentary Committee. This is a body comprised of lawyers from the key pension law firms who meet once a month to review and comment on proposed new legislation.

The legal directories say of Sarah that "She provides first-rate written advice which is always clear, concise and on point."

Position

Partner

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)

The ‘technically excellent‘ and ‘pragmatic‘ pensions team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is able to advise its clients on the full-range of pensions work. Francois Barker, who co-heads the team, works with such well-known clients as Pensions Europe and The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, while fellow co-head Jeremy Goodwin is recommended for his work regarding the regulator’s anti-avoidance powers as well as for his experience in matters involving the duties and responsibilities of trustees. Mark Latimour is noted as being an ‘excellent adviser and strategic partner’; he frequently advises on pension investment issues. Michael Jones is recommended for his work on commercial pension schemes. Steven Hull and Sarah Swift are also names to note. Charlotte Cartwright was notably promoted to partner in May 2023.