Gareth Davies

Gareth Davies acts for trustees, employers, and financial institutions on all aspects on pensions law. He has strong experience in pension risk transfer, acting for FTSE100 employers, multinationals, and scheme trustees on some of the largest insurance buy-ins in recent years.

Clients turn to Gareth for advice on scheme governance, regulatory change, restructurings, amendments, funding, surplus, and bulk transfers to master trusts. He also has broad transactional experience, advising corporates and private capital providers on the employer covenant aspects of M&A, financings, and other corporate activity.

Before joining Mayer Brown in January 2026, Gareth worked for a “magic circle” law firm in London. 

• University of Law, London, LPC
• BPP University Law School, GDL
• University of Oxford, BA and MA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, First Class Honours

• England and Wales