Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$38M
Total assets Below avg plan size
79
Participants Small participant base
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$482,335
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP · New York · Professional & Technical Services

$38M in assets, 79 participants

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP's Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported $38M in total assets and 79 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #16,890 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Where Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan sits by assets

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $38M for 79 participants (~$482,335/participant), up 11.5% in 2023.

#16,890
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+11.5%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$38,104,439 Top 18% higher than 82% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan is a small filing (79 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $34M in the plan year 2022 filing to $38M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 85 in the plan year 2022 filing to 79 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 131944339 · Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan · $38M · 79 · 82nd

  • RANK $38M
  • RANK 79
  • RANK 82nd
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Knoxville Tva Employees Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan
  • RANK ind #16890

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan for Employees of Sun Chemical Corporation (Who Are Members of Participating Unions)Pension Plan for Employees o…$38MKramer Levin Employees' Retirement PlanKramer Levin Employees' Reti…$38MKnoxville Tva Employees Credit Union Defined Benefit PlanKnoxville Tva Employees Cred…$38MWeyco Group, Inc. Pension PlanWeyco Group, Inc. Pension Pl…$38MDechert LLP Partners Defined Benefit Plan IIDechert LLP Partners Defined…$38M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$34M
Net Assets (End of Year)$38M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN131944339
Plan Effective Date1979-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$815M 30.239549401074377% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $626M $815M ▲ +30.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 957 $626M
2023 4 1,123 $750M
2024 4 987 $815M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.038104439 · Participants: 79Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Knoxville Tva Employees Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in TN ($38M); by covered participants it is The Pension Plan for the Mott Children's Health Center in MI (79 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (79 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.5% during 2023, from $34M to $38M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.2%, from $626M to $815M.
Where does Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Knoxville Tva Employees Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in TN ($38M, 322 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Pension Plan for the Mott Children's Health Center in MI (79 participants, $34M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131944339.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.