Mr Neal Gibson > CMS > London, England > Lawyer Profile

CMS
CANNON PLACE
78 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6AF
England
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Position

Partner

Career

Neal is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Group.  He has a wide ranging commercial litigation and arbitration practice, representing clients in complex, high value, domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Neal’s practice covers a variety of industry sectors such as financial services, most notably pensions, general insurance business, commercial real estate and real estate funds, waste management and environmental services.  He also has considerable experience of representing ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices on disputes covering multiple asset classes.

Neal has been involved in many of the leading pension fund litigation cases, from the asset recovery programme following the collapse of the Maxwell publishing empire in the 1990s to the much more recent RPI/CPI related litigation.

Neal also has extensive experience of handling, both at first instance and on appeal, high profile follow-on actions under group litigation orders.

Memberships

  •  Association of Pension Lawyers
  • Colorado Bar Association

Education

  • 2001 – Attorney (State of Colorado)
  • 1992 – Solicitor (LLB Hons)
  • 1990 – Legal Practice Course, Chester

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution

(Leading partners)

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Boasting ‘first-class knowledge and resources’, the team at CMS has a strong track record in major Part 7 professional negligence claims and complex Part 8 claims. Maria Rodia leads the team, with the ‘fantastic’ Neil Smith being a key port of call for actuarial and benefit consultants in professional negligence disputes; Neal Gibson brings additional experience in these areas. Manchester’s Tim Green handles a range of equalisation cases, Beddoe relief, and cross-border enforcements. TPR investigations are a core area of expertise for Keith Webster. Other key names include Mark Atkinson, who is commended as ‘one of the most knowledgeable and astute pensions lawyers in practice’, Simon Pilcher who is an expert in covenant support, scheme mergers, and asset backed funding, and Johanna Clarke who is particularly adept at assisting with DC master trusts. Alexandra Tomlinson, Simon Evans, and Kayleigh Garforth are also integral team members, and Mark Grant  retired.