Pinsent Masons
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| legal form | LLP |
| founding | England (1769) |
| Seat | London |
| Number of employees | over 2700 |
| sales | £ 323m (2014) |
| Website | www.pinsentmasons.com |
Pinsent Masons LLP is an international law firm based in London .
According to Legalweek (2014), it is one of the top 20 law firms in Great Britain by turnover size (# 13 - £ 323 million). Pinsent Masons has over 370 partners, 1,700 lawyers and more than 2,700 employees.
history
The roots of the law firm go back to the year 1769. The law firm in its present form and size is primarily the result of various mergers over the past 20 years.
In 1995, "Pinsent & Co.", a leading law firm from Birmingham, and "Simpson Curtis", a leading law firm from Leeds, merged to become "Pinsent Curtis". 2001 "Pinsent Curtis" merged with "Biddle & Co." to "Pinsent Curtis Biddle". In 2002 the firm "Garretts" from Birmingham was taken over and "Pinsent Curtis Biddle" traded as "Pinsent" from 2003.
Masons was a London-based law firm specializing in the construction industry and outsourcing .
In 2004 Pinsent and Masons merged to become "Pinsent Masons".
In 2008 the previous partnership was converted into a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).
In May 2012, Pinsent Masons took over McGrigors, one of the leading law firms in Scotland until the takeover. With the takeover, Pinsent Masons is one of the few law firms with offices in all three jurisdictions of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
In 2012/2013, the law firm also increased its international presence and opened offices in Germany (Munich, July 2012), France (Paris, September 2012) and Turkey (Istanbul, April 2013). The offices in China (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) as well as in Singapore have been significantly expanded.
On October 1, 2014, Richard Foley succeeded Chris Mullen as Senior Partner.
offices
Pinsent Masons has 24 offices worldwide: In Great Britain ( Aberdeen , Belfast , Birmingham , Edinburgh , the Falkland Islands , Glasgow , Leeds, London and Manchester ), Germany ( Munich and Düsseldorf ), France ( Paris ), Spain ( Madrid ), Republic of Ireland ( Dublin ), the Republic of South Africa ( Johannesburg ), the Gulf States ( Dubai and Qatar ), Asia ( Beijing , Hong Kong , Shanghai and Singapore ) and Australia ( Melbourne , Perth and Sydney ).
Business areas
Pinsent Masons focuses on providing legal advice to clients from the following five sectors: Advanced Manufacturing & Technology, Energy & Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Financial Services and Real Estate.
In detail, services are offered in the following areas of law: in Germany mainly corporate law and M&A, IP / IT and outsourcing, labor law, real estate and projects as well as dispute resolution; international but also Banking & Restructuring, Construction Advisory & Disputes, Employment, Insurance & Reinsurance, Litigation & International Arbitration, Projects, Regulatory, TMT & Sourcing, Commercial, Corporate, EU & Competition, Intellectual Property, Pensions, Property and Tax.
Web links
- Pinsent Masons website
- Profile on rollonfriday.com