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Claire Miller

Claire Miller

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CMS

CMS

United Kingdom - Scotland • Employment

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Pensions

Noted by clients for housing one of the ‘premier pensions teams in Scotland’, CMS focuses on trustees, employers and insurers. Department head Jae Fassam leads the team, which advises on scheme liabilities, conducts benefits reviews and facilitates transitions to new service providers. Fassam routinely handles liability-driven investment claims, acting a key contact for international corporations, banks and leading pension providers. Claire Miller is an expert in benefit rectification projects, employee training and master trust transfers.
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Position

Senior Associate

Career

Claire Miller is a Senior Associate in the Pensions Team at CMS Edinburgh.

Claire advises trustee, corporate and public sector clients on all aspects of pensions law. Claire is a trusted adviser of trustee clients advising on day to day aspects of running their pension schemes, as well as projects such as entering bulk annuity contracts, apportionment arrangements and reaching funding agreements with scheme employers. She also works closely with corporate clients on M&A transactions and on the structuring and design of their pension arrangements.

Claire has a particular interest in investment work and advises trustees and public sector funds on implementation of their investment strategy and implementing developing aspects of the investment regime. She presents at the APL investment essentials course on investment management agreements and transition management.

Memberships
  • Member, Association of Pension Lawyers.
Education
  • 2014 – Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (DPLP), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
  • 2013 – LLB (Hons) Law Degree, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Premier pensions team in Scotland.’
  • 'Jae Fassam is a technically strong lawyer who is also very personable, responsive and pragmatic.'

Key clients

  • The Trustee of the De La Rue Pension Scheme
  • Scottish Widows