Peter Coyne
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Pensions
Band 5
About
Provided by Peter Coyne
Publications
Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (16th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (15th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
Work Highlights
-General Electric on UK pensions issues including the merger of 17 of its UK final salary pension schemes, benefit change projects and many transactions.
-Pension Insurance Corporation on many bulk annuity transactions including PPF+ cases, collateralised transactions and those involving the insurance of residual risks.
-Trustees on a number of longevity risk transactions and buy-in/buy-outs.
-The only reported case on actuarial negligence which was successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal.
-Trustees of one of the first schemes to enter a PPF assessment period.
-Trustees and employers on asset backed funding structures.
Practice Areas
Pete Coyne is a partner in our Pensions practice with over 20 years of experience.
Pete has dealt with all kinds of pensions issues including benefit restructurings, buy-ins and buy-outs, longevity swaps, product design, transactions, investment matters and disputes. He acts for trustees, employers, product providers and benefit consultants across a whole range of pensions issues.
Pete was a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers’ Legislative & Parliamentary Committee for 6 years and subsequently a member of its Main Committee for 4 years.
Education
University of St Andrews
MA (Hons) English
1998
Chambers Review
UK
Peter Coyne offers clients a broad base of pensions experience, with notable expertise in de-risking. He advises employers and pension plan trustees on the full range of transactional matters and restructurings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pete has great commercial awareness and uses his market knowledge and trustee experience to support his advice."
"I always find Peter to be very knowledgeable and very cooperative in getting negotiations settled."
"Pete has great commercial awareness and uses his market knowledge and trustee experience to support his advice."
"I always find Peter to be very knowledgeable and very cooperative in getting negotiations settled."