With the ability to handle a variety of pension matters, the team at Shoosmiths LLP has a focus on buy-in projects. Lynette Lewis heads the team, acting for both trustees and employers. Lewis advises on benefit issues, alongside work in buy-out matters. Kunjan Sembhi rejoined the team from HCR Law in September 2025 and offers the group experience in transfer agreements as well as governance queries. Michael Collins joined from Gateley Legal in July 2026.
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Testimonials
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- Lynette Lewis is responsive and gives clear, pragmatic advice, showing a very clear understanding of the relevant issues.
- Pragmatic, clear, helpful advice; understands the issues and gets to the point.
- There is a broad team of experience with which you can have pragmatic conversations. They are both robust and comprehensive, while being sensible in terms of proportional levels of risk. They are very human and user-friendly. I find their advice easy to digest while covering key points.
Key clients
- Trustees of the MCPS‑PRS Alliance Pension Scheme and of the MCPS-PRS Alliance Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the CIM Holdings Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme
- Trustees of G D Automatic Machinery Limited Pension Scheme
- Trustee of the B Braun Sterilog Limited Pension Scheme
- Vidett Trustee Services Limited as sole trustee of the Cornwall Farmers Limited Retirement Benefits Plan
- Vidett Trustee Services Limited as sole trustee of the Cornwall Farmers Limited Retirement Benefits Plan (DC section)
- Trustees of Scholastic Limited Pension and Assurance Scheme
- Prudential Platinum Pension
- Trustees of the Essar Oil (UK) Pensions Scheme
- Trustee of Mettler-Toledo Pension Scheme
- Trustees of Accalon Limited Pension Scheme
- Trustees of the Aesculap Limited Pension Scheme
Work highlights
Advised the trustee, now a sole independent trustee, in respect of the CIM scheme.
Advised the Trustee of the Prudential Platinum Pension in respect of a buy-in of four segregated section.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Lynette Lewis
Other key lawyers
Kunjan Sembhi; Michael Collins