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Angela Sharma

Angela Sharma

Senior Counsel – Knowledge

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Angela is a senior counsel - knowledge in the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group, and provides specialist legal support including keeping the team updated on all legal and other relevant developments relating to pensions law.

Angela is also involved in the delivery of training to both internal and external clients, the preparation of client publications and has chaired various external webinars on topical pension issues. She regularly liaises with her counterparts across the firm to ensure a coordinated approach to emerging legal developments. Angela had 14 years of experience in advising clients prior to joining Taylor Wessing as a professional support lawyer in 2012 and brought with her considerable practical knowledge of pensions to the firm. She continues to reinforce this with client work from time to time and in her involvement with professional bodies such as the PLSA (she is currently a committee member of a local group) , the APL and with the Pensions Ombudsman. She is a regular speaker at the secretary to the trustees course run by the PMI.

 

 

 

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Employment, pensions & mobility
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
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India group

CV

Since 2022 Senior counsel - knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2012 - 2016 Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2012 Senior Associate, Reed Smith LLP
1998 - 2005 Associate, Sackers LLP
1997 - 1998 In-house counsel, Coopers & Lybrand
1997 Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales
1995 Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Chester, UK
1994 BA Hons, Accountancy and Law, Manchester University, UK

Career

Since 2022 Senior counsel - knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2012 - 2016 Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2012 Senior Associate, Reed Smith LLP
1998 - 2005 Associate, Sackers LLP
1997 - 1998 In-house counsel, Coopers & Lybrand

Education

1997 Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales
1995 Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Chester, UK
1994 BA Hons, Accountancy and Law, Manchester University, UK

Memberships & Associations

Association of Pension Lawyers

Additional languages

English

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