Kate Granville Smith

Director, Burges Salmon LLP. Specialising in advising both trustee and employer clients, Kate utilises her experience across a wide range of pension issues, including both routine matters (member queries and changes to the law) and specific projects (such as scheme amendments). Kate is also the pension team’s expert in ESG related legal matters including the development of guidance and products to help clients make sense of their ESG requirements. In particular, Kate has produced the Burges Salmon Pension Schemes ESG Tool, which was commended at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and which aims to help trustees and employers navigate this area. Kate has also been recognised as a leading ESG pensions lawyer in Financier Worldwide’s 2024 Power Players List.