Sacker & Partners LLP (Sackers), the UK’s leading specialist pensions law firm, today announced that Michael Jones has joined as a partner from Eversheds Sutherland.
David Saunders, senior partner at Sackers, said: “Michael is an outstanding DC lawyer with extensive experience advising own-trust schemes, master trusts, and providers. His arrival further builds on our established strength in pensions and retirement savings, reinforces our position as the premier firm for DC and supports our ambitions for growth in the CDC and superfunds market.”
Michael Jones said: “Sackers is the clear market leader in DC, which made them the obvious home for me. I am hugely excited to be joining a firm that has demonstrated such a strong and long-term commitment to this market, and I am very much looking forward to working with the team to help clients navigate an increasingly complex DC landscape.”
Jacqui Reid, Head of DC at Sackers, added: “Michael is joining us at an important time for the DC market and those running DC arrangements. His experience, combined with the breadth and depth of our client base, further reinforces Sackers’ position as a DC powerhouse and puts us in a fabulous position to support clients through the significant regulatory and market challenges that lie ahead.”
Michael trained and qualified at Linklaters. He moved to Pinsent Masons before becoming a partner at Eversheds Sutherland in 2021. He is named as a next generation partner in Legal 500 and is well known in the market as a frequent commentator and speaker on DC issues.
