Matthew Swynnerton

Matthew is a partner at global law firm DLA Piper where he heads the London Employment and Pensions team. He advises on all aspects of pensions law, including the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, Pensions Regulator risk issues and moral hazard powers, reorganisations and restructuring, bulk annuity transactions, benefit redesign and liability management projects, reviewing and updating scheme documentation and advising trustees and employers on their legislative and trust law duties.

Matthew was elected as a member of Association of Pension Lawyers’ Main Committee in 2022, and is speaking at its Annual Conference in 2023. Matthew is also a legal adviser to the Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG), the voluntary body set up to combat pension scams, help protect members and assist trustees and administrators in this complex and high-profile area.

Matthew has been described by a leading pensions QC as having "an extensive knowledge of pensions law and practice, very sound legal judgement and good commercial sense.” Matthew is a ranked individual in the current Chambers guide and is ranked as a Leading Individual in the current Legal 500, which has stated that he is "praised by clients as 'highly responsible and approachable' and 'able to demonstrate a deep knowledge of pensions law which he deploys with great pragmatism'". Clients have said: “his knowledge of pensions law is outstanding and his understanding of the implications of existing, new or upcoming pensions regulation on the wider industry is exceptional.”