Michael Furness KC
His sheer intellectual power will get you past most obstacles.’
Wilberforce Chambers is 'well known in the pensions and trust law world'. Brian Green KC has an excellent track record in handling complex, high-profile pensions cases, and Michael Tennet KC is sought after for his expertise in assisting with pensions-related regulatory matters and professional negligence issues in the space. Among the junior end of chambers, Sebastian Allen is acting for the London Borough of Croyden in a longrunning dispute over how the Local Government Pension Scheme calculates contributions made by academy schools.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Fraser Geddes and Stewart Cameron are excellent at keeping us and counsel aligned with our work and with regard to deadlines and fees.'
- 'The clerks have always been helpful and responsive. Conor Michaels has been consistently excellent.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive. I've had exceptional service from Tara Shah.'
- 'The clerks at Wilberforce run a very slick operation. Evidently a very close knit team.'
- 'Very good - George Salvage goes out of his way to help.'
- 'This set is well known in the pensions and trust law world. It has experience across various technical areas and at different levels of seniority, both in contentious and non-contentious work.'
- 'Wilberforce is a go to set for pensions work.'
- 'Best in the business for pensions and trusts.'
Lawyers
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Brian Green KC
He is a fighter who wears mink boxing gloves, but lands punches with the collective force of Wilder, Fury, Tyson and Foreman.’
Paul Newman KC
An absolutely brilliant advocate – a straight talking person who does not sugar coat the situation. He fights like his life depends on it to put your best points across.’
Michael Tennet KC
Michael is one of the pre-eminent pensions silks. He can be relied on to provide incisive and authoritative advice.’
Jonathan Hilliard KC
Incredibly bright - Jonathan sees dimensions others miss.‘
Fenner Moeran KC
He has excellent knowledge of pensions and financial services law and regulatory issues – a go-to KC in this area.'
Andrew Mold KC
An assured advocate who quickly wins the support of the judge.'
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Edward Sawyer
Edward is both thoughtful and practical and sees the full picture. He combines technical knowledge with commercial awareness and is one of the most highly rated senior juniors.’
Sebastian Allen
Sebastian is a stand-out pensions counsel. His approach is incisive, clear, collaborative and innovative. His technical legal work is top-notch and he's a genuine pleasure to work with.‘
James McCreath
He’s a real superstar – very smart and gets to the nub of issues very quickly.’
Thomas Robinson
Thomas is fiercely intellectual, incredibly hardworking, and solutions-focused.'
Jennifer Seaman
user-friendly junior with very strong analytical skills.'
James Walmsley
Michael Ashdown
Jonathan Chew
He’s very bright and strategic, a tremendous team player who demonstrates great judgement.'
Joseph Steadman
Joseph is hugely talented, cogent and eloquent, with a sharp eye for detail.’