Rachel Pinto > Herbert Smith Freehills LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Offices

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
EXCHANGE HOUSE
PRIMROSE STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2EG
England
Visit website 020 7374 8000 020 7374 0888

Living Wage

Rachel Pinto

Rachel Pinto photo
020 7466 2638 rachel.pinto@hsf.com View profile

Work Department

Employment, Pensions and Incentives

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Rachel has extensive experience advising on a wide range of pensions matters. She has particular expertise advising on pension scheme de-risking through the insurance market and on matters of benefit design and liability management. Rachel is also experienced in advising both trustee boards and sponsoring employers on day-to-day matters, including proposals regarding scheme funding and changes to benefit design, and also the impact of corporate activity on pension schemes.

Rachel wrote the article “Communicating with Employees”, which concerned IBM v Dalgleish, published in Company Secretary Review, June 2014                                        

Languages

English

Memberships

Rachel is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and sits on its Education and Seminars sub-committee.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)

(Next Generation Partners)

Rachel Pinto – Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP‘s advisory pensions practice assists regulatory bodies, trustees, sponsors, insurers, reinsurers, and insolvency practitioners on the full gamut of non-contentious pensions work. Led by the ‘top-class’ and ‘technically brilliant’ Samantha Brown, the team is highly experienced in de-risking matters, GMP equalisation, and pensions arrangements in major transactions. For de-risking issues within the insurance industry, ‘superb pensions lawyer’ Rachel Pinto is a key contact, whilst Michael Aherne is the name to note for pensions cases within the energy sector, as well as for work with pension investment funds; he is well-regarded for his provision of ‘commercial and pragmatic advice’. Alison Brown is also a key name within the team.

Lawyer Rankings

Top Tier Firm Rankings

Firm Rankings