Freshfields’ David Pollard tops pensions poll

David Pollard of Freshfields has been voted the best all round pensions lawyer in Pensions World magazine’s annual survey of pensions lawyers, to be published in the November issue.

The joint runners up in the best all round lawyer category were Philip Bennett (Slaughter & May) and Tim Cox (Linklaters). Robert West (Baker & MacKenzie) was in third place.

The top litigator was Giles Orton (Eversheds) with three joint runners up: Angela Dimsdale-Gill (Hogan Lovells), Isabel Nurse-Marsh (Pinsent Masons) and Keith Rowley QC (Radcliffe Chambers).

Claire van Rees (Sackers) was voted the top up-and-coming lawyer, with four lawyers pushing hard at her heels: Samantha Brown (Herbert Smith Freehills), Jonathan Hilliard (Wilberforce Chambers), Justin McGilloway (Wedlake Bell) and Rachel Uttley (Addleshaw Goddard).

Lawyers remain as busy as ever. James Thomas, financial journalist, who carried out the research, says: “As the shockwaves of the 2014 Budget continue to ripple through the industry, pensions lawyers are looking ahead to a period of intense activity.”