Mark Jenkins > CMS > London, England > Lawyer Profile

CMS
CANNON PLACE
78 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6AF
England

Position

Partner

Career

Mark Jenkins is a Partner in the Pensions Team. Mark has extensive experience advising employers and trustees on all aspects of pensions law, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious issues. On the non-contentious side, Mark has a broad practice, including advising on benefit design and restructuring including asset backed funding arrangements, as well as investment issues, with a particular focus on insolvency and restructuring matters. Mark also advises on de-risking activity, including buy-ins and buy-outs and longevity swaps, acting for insurers on transactions as well as advising trustees on de-risking transactions.

Memberships

  • London Committee of the Pensions Management Institute.
  • Full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Education

  • 2008 – GDL, BPP Law School, London
  • 2004 – B.A., University of Leeds, Leeds

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)

(Next Generation Partners)

Mark Jenkins – CMS

With a strong track record handling benefit redesigns, scheme closures, and liability reductions together with de-risking transactions, the broad team at CMS advises on an array of pensions matters. Practice head Maria Rodia has substantial experience in de-risking matters, acting for insurers and reinsurers, and advising energy sector clients. Mark Atkinson is active in a multitude of structural issues including buy-ins, buy-outs and PPF entries, while Keith Webster and Johanna Clarke are especially knowledgeable of defined benefit schemes and DC master trusts. Also key are Caroline Kurup, who is noted for advising a number of large master trusts and well-known brands, and ‘superb negotiator’ Mark Jenkins, who focuses on insolvency and restructuring mandates including apportionment arrangements and CVAs.