Two join DWF’s pensions team from Hammonds

7/7/2010

DWF grows its pensions team

Leading law firm, DWF has boosted its pensions team with two new appointments, strengthening its plans for rapid growth in the pensions market.

Mark Ridler is the latest addition to the 13-strong pensions team and joins from Hammonds as a partner. Mark is a highly-skilled pensions' lawyer and has practiced for over 20 years. Mark has received recognition for his outstanding transactional and trusteeship work and is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

Mark commented: "This is a really exciting move for me at a challenging time for pensions. I look forward to contributing to the significant growth and success of this team."

The second appointment to the team is associate Claire Rogers who also joins from Hammonds. Claire is experienced in advising both corporates and trustees on subject areas such as scheme closures, risk reduction measures and TUPE issues.

Claire said: "DWF is an extremely commercially-minded organisation which offers flexible and practical advice to its clients. With an impressive client list and a rapidly expanding team, I am delighted to be joining the firm."

Commenting on both appointments, head of pensions, Martin Jenkins said: "Our pensions team has more than tripled in size in the past year as we continue to attract the best people in the industry. Our team will now be bolstered further as we are joined by two outstanding experts from one of our competitors.

"These new appointments come at a difficult time for the pensions industry, and thanks to these new hires we are better placed to offer advice on this complex area of finance.

"We fully expect to achieve 100 per cent growth within the next few years and plan to expand the business by continuing to appoint those with the knowledge and expertise to support our ambitious plans for our pensions business."

ENDS

Notes to editors

DWF LLP is one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. With over 1,100 people based in Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Preston, DWF provides a range of services grouped in the following sectors:

Corporate

Finance & Restructuring

Litigation

Real Estate

People

Insurance

Private Client

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