03 Jul 2017 | 09:51 am | 2 min. read
International law firm Pinsent Masons has today announced details of its unaudited results for FY16/17.
The firm achieved global turnover of £423.1m an 11% increase on FY15/16.
Almost 85% of revenues were generated from clients operating in the firms' five global sectors; with Advanced Manufacturing & Technology (21%) and Financial Services (20%), being the largest contributors.
Excluding the impact of currency fluctuations the firm achieved like-for-like turnover growth of 7%.
The results follow a year of substantial investment at Pinsent Masons. During the past 12 months the firm has:
Standout mandates during the year have included advising AMC on a string of cinema acquisitions across Europe for c. $1.9bn, advising Yudean Group on its $1.5bn acquisition of a joint control stake in Attarat Power Company, acting for Samsung C&T on the AUD$2bn Roy Hill Iron Ore Mining dispute, one of the largest disputes undertaken in Australia, acting on a €850m dispute between Goldman Sachs International versus NovoBanco and others, advising CFFI Ventures on its investment in the first UK clearing bank to launch in 250 years, advising Redefine Properties on a €1.2bn real estate acquisition and advising on the UK acquisition and management for Germany's largest open ended fund Union Investment.
Pinsent Masons has also been appointed or reappointed to a number of significant panels which include AIG, Heathrow, Diageo, Capita, Dixons Carphone, Keepmoat and the Australian BMD Group.
In addition, 2016 saw the firm named as the top-ranked professional services firm in Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index and be named in The Times' Top 50 Employers for Women.
Profit per equity partner increased by 14% to £625k.
John Cleland, Managing Partner at Pinsent Masons, says:
"We remain committed to our vision of being recognised as an international market leader in our global sectors, and this has been borne out by the investments we have made and will continue to make. We are expanding our business to support clients not just across a wider range of geographies and legal service lines, but also across alternative forms of delivery model which provide innovative ways to address the challenges they face. That we have been able to combine that growth with improved profitability gives us significant confidence going into what is an unpredictable year."
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised DCC Energy, a division of leading international sales, marketing and support services group DCC plc, on the acquisition of WIRSOL Roof Solutions (WIRSOL), a provider of photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised M Group Services, the leading provider of essential infrastructure services in the UK and Ireland, on its sale to private equity house CVC.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons’ partner Sylvia Tonova and senior associate Chloé De Jager have been appointed as Members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, as representatives for Bulgaria and South Africa respectively. Both new appointments are for a three-year term set to commence on 1 July 2024.
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