Matthew has over 10 years of experience as a pensions lawyer. He was short-listed for Young Solicitor of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2007 having built a profile “that would make many partners green with envy.” The 2010 edition of The Legal 500 UK describes Matthew as “very knowledgable” and a key member of an “excellent pensions team”. Matthew is also listed in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 UK. 

Matthew’s main specialism is advising in respect of defined benefit pension arrangements, in recent times focussing on a range of deficit management strategies. He helps trustees and sponsors on all aspects of pension plan management and compliance, with a reputation for finding creative solutions and communicating very clearly and effectively.

As head of the UK Reward and Benefits Group, Matthew also advises on pensions as part of broader employee incentivisation and remuneration packages, drawing in the expertise of our tax, employment and HR specialists. In this guise, he helps clients build tax efficient reward programmes for high-ranking employees and the wider workforce.

Matthew is part of the advisory team supporting the Confederation of British Industry's pensions panel on matters of pensions law and policy. He was a speaker at the CBI’s Pensions Conferences in 2010 and is a regular on the pensions seminar circuit. Matthew has featured in BBC Radio 5Live’s “Wake up to money” and been quoted in the Financial Times. He has held meetings with Treasury Ministers lobbying for changes to pensions policy on behalf of clients.

Matthew is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Representative Experience

• Designing and implementing a restructuring of the Professional Footballers’ Pension Scheme.
• Training the trustee directors of the Cadbury Pension Fund on latest developments.
• Advising on the implementation of an asset backed pension funding vehicle by a listed FTSE 250 engineering company in the UK