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Pinsent Masons LLP

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Pinsent Masons LLP‘s ’wonderful’ team offers ‘great expertise and knowledge’ to clients across Yorkshire and beyond on a broad spectrum of real estate planning matters, including energy and infrastructure projects, development planning, and a broad range of environmental law matters, such as biodiversity net gain, nuclear regulation, nature conservation, and water management. Team head Jonathan Riley focuses on regional and national infrastructure matters, notably high-profile energy projects. Nick McDonald brings ’a wealth of experience’ and is a key contact for energy and compulsory purchase matters, with experience on major carbon capture storage and hydrogen projects, while the ‘excellent’ Jo Miles advises on residential and mixed-use developments across the UK.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Pinsent Masons offer a full and responsive service, bringing in specialists from other teams where appropriate. Our main contact is Jo Miles. Jo is an excellent planning lawyer, working collaboratively with the in-house legal team and clients alike, getting to the heart of the issues and offering pragmatic, actionable advice. She has assisted us with a number of matters and has been an invaluable source of legal advice and support.'
  • 'Key members of the Pinsent Masons team are very experienced and adept at problem solving for private sector clients developing energy and decarbonisation projects, able to draw on lessons learned from other successful projects to derisk consenting challenges. Nick McDonald has a wealth of experience and is excellent at supporting clients in a pragmatic way, providing proportionate and cost effective advice.'

Key clients

  • BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
  • Vitol (VPI Immingham B Limited / VPI Immingham LLP)

Work highlights

Advising BP Exploration Operating Company Limited on consenting its four major hydrogen and carbon capture and storage projects in the UK, from 2019 to date.