Neil A Bowden
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Pensions
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Provided by Neil A Bowden
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Neil is UK Head of Compensation, Employment & Governance. He advises a mixture of trustees and employers on their pension arrangements with a client base including some of the biggest funds in the UK.
Recently, Neil has assisted clients with key strategic changes such as benefit reviews, contingent funding arrangements and closure of schemes to future accrual, as well as guiding them through the changing regulatory environment (including the increasing focus on ESG issues). He also has a great deal of experience in liability management, including advising in a number of the significant recent buy-in and longevity swap transactions.
Neil sits on the Legislative and Parliamentary Subcommittee of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and also served on the committee of the Society of Pension Consultants. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and training events.
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Neil Bowden assists employers and trustees of major pension plans with handling the full range of regulatory and transactional challenges affecting their schemes.
Neil Bowden is the head of A&O Sheaman's UK pensions practice. He assists employers and trustees of major pension plans with handling the full range of regulatory and transactional challenges affecting their schemes.
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Provided by Chambers
"Neil Bowdenis hugely pragmatic and turns complexities into workable solutions."
"Neil is a leader in this field but very user-friendly. He is a really trusted and valued adviser."
"Neil is the complete package; he's very experienced and knowledgeable with silky smooth client management skills."
"Neil is very experienced, practical, calm and personable."
"Neil Bowdenis hugely pragmatic and turns complexities into workable solutions."
"Neil is a leader in this field but very user-friendly. He is a really trusted and valued adviser."
"Neil is the complete package; he's very experienced and knowledgeable with silky smooth client management skills."
"Neil is very experienced, practical, calm and personable."
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