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Chris Brown

Partner

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About

Chris is a partner in our Pensions and Lifetime Savings team. He advises pension trustees and companies on all pensions legal issues.

His work includes large projects (such as liability and surplus management exercises, buy-ins/outs, scheme design changes, bulk transfers, corporate restructuring, valuation negotiations, benefit changes) and he has particular expertise in regulatory matters. He has significant experience of advising on anti-avoidance cases.

Chris supports employers with their pensions obligations and risks, including advising on designing strategy and managing risk in light of the new defined benefit (DB) funding regime and the regulatory powers in the Pension Schemes Act 2021.

He also supports trustees with ‘business as usual’ matters such as member and documentation queries. He enjoys delivering training and is a regular public speaker, including on the firm’s webinars and the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod (which he co-hosts) and at events held by others.

He is a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Experience

  • Silentnight Group DB Scheme: Advising on a high profile moral hazard investigation.
  • SPAR UK Pension Fund: Advising on its buy-in project with the Just Group.
  • London Luton Airport Pension Scheme: Advising on all pensions matters.
  • European headquartered multi-national group: Advising on options for their distressed UK subsidiary’s pensions obligations and risk transfer project.
  • Various sub £20 million schemes: Advising on pragmatic approaches to mitigate funding and covenant issues (including in risk transfer projects).
  • Various charitable/not-for-profit sponsors: Advising on innovative and bespoke funding solutions (schemes from £3 million to £1 billion+)

Credentials

  • Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2011)

Areas of expertise

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Office

“[Chris is] extremely knowledgeable and able to translate often complicated pension information into terms that both [we] and others have been able to understand.”

Household Name Charity client

“Chris’ diligence, knowledge and easy to understand communication style have been instrumental in enabling the Trustee Board to get to grips with some really quite challenging topics for the 'lay man'.”

Lay Trustee of c.£120m scheme

“[Chris is] responsive, supportive and deliver[s] to timelines as agreed; managing expectations along the way.”

People Manager of sponsor of c£500m scheme.

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