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.
- '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.'
- 'A wonderful team with great expertise and knowledge in the areas of planning, environmental and real estate. Commercially savvy, politically aware, pragmatic, fair, reasonable and also an approachable and friendly team to deal with. All the above qualities - particularly from Jo Miles and Jonathan Riley. Dedication, great knowledge and always prepared to go "above and beyond".'
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.

