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Pinsent Masons LLP

30 CROWN PLACE, LONDON, EC2A 4ES, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7418 7000
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Fax 020 7418 7050
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www.pinsentmasons.com
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An international law firm with a great reputation for delivering a high-quality service and adding real value for clients. A law firm whose approach to doing business is structured around developing long-term relationships with our clients, our people and our local and global communities.

The firm: Pinsent Masons is a high-quality commercial law firm with a global reputation in the world of infrastructure and construction. Headquartered in London, and operating out of three ‘hubs’ in the UK, UAE and Asia with business across Europe, CIS, Middle East, Africa, India and Asia, Pinsent Masons also has offices in the Dubai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore (where the firm operates a Joint Law Venture, Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP) as well as in key business centres throughout the UK. In China, the firm has an innovative long-term cooperation agreement with the Beijing Hesen Law Firm, a specialist construction law-focused Chinese legal practice. Pinsent Masons also has a co-operation agreement with the European law firm Salans, who support the delivery of multi-jurisdictional work in a number of major business centres across the CIS and Europe.

Types of work undertaken: With over 1,100 partners and legal staff worldwide, working with major UK and international corporations, institutions and public bodies, the firm has considerable knowledge and expertise across a wide range of industries and services which cover (for example) corporate, M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, financial services and regulatory, construction and infrastructure, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, energy (particularly renewables and nuclear), natural resources, outsourcing, employment, share plans, technology and tax. The firm also has strong global credentials in infrastructure and energy, with primary sectors including banks, construction, insurance, manufacturing, public sector, real estate, retail and leisure, support services and technology.

Pinsent Masons’ emphasis on listening, understanding and building strong working partnerships has proved essential to the firm’s many successful client relationships, evidenced by the large number of FTSE350 and equivalent clients for which the firm acts.

Other offices: Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai and operates in association with MPillay in Singapore.

Number of UK partners (including legal directors) 280
Number of other UK fee-earners 575

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