Matthew Giles leads our Pensions Group and is based across our Birmingham and London offices. Our wider Pensions team is the home of the #How2DoPensions and #PensionsTensions social media campaigns. The team are back-to-back winners of “Educational Initiative of the Year” at the Pension and Investment Provider Awards 2019 and 2020, and were commended in the “Pensions Law Firm of the Year” category in 2021.
He is a former finalist at the British Legal Awards. He is regarded as a Leading Individual in Pensions by Legal 500 UK. Chambers UK identifies him as a Notable Practitioner in the National Leaders category.
Matthew specialises in advising on defined benefit pension plans, focusing on a range of deficit management strategies. He helps trustees and sponsors on all aspects of pension plan management and compliance, with a reputation for finding creative solutions and communicating very clearly and effectively.
He is a PMI Accredited Professional Trustee and has a portfolio of pension scheme and charity trusteeships.
Reflecting the many engineering and manufacturing clients Matthew represents, he is on the leadership team of the firm’s Industrial Products group.
Matthew regularly provides training sessions and has been described as “a particularly engaging presenter, able to bring clarity and simplicity to complex legal subjects”.
Matthew has featured in BBC Radio 5Live’s “Wake up to Money” and been a contributor to the Financial Times. He has held meetings with Treasury Ministers lobbying for changes to pensions policy on behalf of clients.