Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
73
Participants Small participant base
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$529,051
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

$39M in assets, 73 participants

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP's Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported $39M in total assets and 73 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #16,424 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 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, $39M for 73 participants (~$529,051/participant), up 1.4% in 2024.

#16,424
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+1.4%
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$38,620,740 Top 19% higher than 81% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan is a small filing (73 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $472K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 79 in the plan year 2023 filing to 73 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $38M in the plan year 2023 filing to $39M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 131944339 · Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan · $39M · 73 · 81st

  • PART $39M
  • TYPE 73
  • NET 81st
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Cincinnati Incorporated Employees' Retirement Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #16424

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

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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 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$38M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income$472K
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 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.03862074 · Participants: 73Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
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 Cincinnati Incorporated Employees' Retirement Pension Plan in OH ($39M); by covered participants it is Advancion Corporation Defined Benefit Plan in IL (73 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (73 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Kramer Levin Employees' Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 1.4% during 2024, from $38M to $39M. Reported net income was $472K.
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 81st percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Cincinnati Incorporated Employees' Retirement Pension Plan in OH ($39M, 84 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 Advancion Corporation Defined Benefit Plan in IL (73 participants, $11M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.