Home to an experienced pensions practice, Slaughter and May advises corporate sponsors, trustees, and insurers on a range of pension mandates across both transactional and advisory work. The team is particularly noted for its ability to integrate pension expertise into corporate, financing, and restructuring contexts, alongside standalone pensions matters involving benefit change, surplus management, and scheme closures. Practice head Charles Cameron brings in-depth knowledge on the manufacturing and industrial sectors, advising on restructuring and de-risking projects for multi-billion-pound schemes. Daniel Schaffer is noted for his capabilities in industry-wide schemes, including implementing benefit redesign projects, pension scheme restructurings, and funding solutions. Chris Sharpe bolsters the team through his leadership role on collective DC schemes.
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- All of the team gives everything to a project to ensure that all bases are covered. In recent projects, Matthew Ward has stood out in terms of his dedication and practical advice where needed.
- Great collaborators and extremely thorough. The team's attention to detail has been fundamental in the projects we have worked on together and has made them valuable partners.
- The team we work with at Slaughter and May is great - they have been involved in all sorts of work across the pensions industry (especially the partner we work with - Chris Sharpe) and they bring that expertise to the work they do with us. They are pragmatic and work quickly, which I really appreciate.
- Chris Sharpe, the partner we work with, is great. As well as giving robust legal advice, he is a good sounding board for problems and thinks strategically.
- Chris Sharpe is very clear and considered in his advice and has a strong understanding of the commercial challenges facing insurers and pension providers. Charles Magoffin is a pleasure to work with. Karen Mumgaard is superb and provides excellent and timely insights.
- The team is very responsive and able to work at speed. The firm has broad experience, enabling it to be a useful sounding board on broader commercial developments and themes.
- Charles Cameron is very well respected in the pension world, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the relevant law, regulation, and practice. He gives thoughtful, measured, and practical advice and is strong on overall strategy.
- The pensions team at Slaughters is the pre-eminent UK pension team with deep bench strength and practitioners experienced in all relevant areas. They have advised (both from a sponsor and a trustee perspective) on many of the UK's largest and most complex schemes and truly appreciate the different interests and perspectives of the parties.
- This is a very experienced, professional team that has worked on a wide range of pension schemes. Their knowledge and capability match their reputation as a top pensions law firm.
- Charles Cameron and Rebecca Torrance are a very experienced and professional team. Charles is calm, confident, and reassuringly capable. Rebecca is also capable, responsive, and efficient, and both have a quiet manner and a sense of humor. They are a joy to work with.
Key clients
- 3i Group plc
- Cemex
- De La Rue plc
- E.ON
- Greencore Group plc
- Intact Insurance
- New Airways Pensions Scheme
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
- Spectris Limited
- Trustee of the BBC Pension Scheme
- Trustee of the Phillips 66 UK Pension Plan
- Trustee of the Severn Trent Pension Scheme
- Trustee of the Severn Trent Water Mirror Image Pension Scheme
Work highlights
Advised De La Rue on the pensions aspects of its £263m takeover by Atlas Holdings.
Advised Spectris on the pensions aspects of its £4.8bn acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Advised 3i Group plc on the winding-up of the 3i Group Pension Plan, its main defined benefit scheme.
Lawyers
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Chris Sharpe
Practice head
Charles Cameron
Other key lawyers
Daniel Schaffer; Chris Sharpe