Pinsent Masons announces FY26 results

Our mandates

• Advised Heidelberg Materials UK on world’s first fully decarbonised cement production project
• Advised Poundland on its major restructuring plan
• Advised Huel on its landmark transaction with multinational food and beverage group, Danone
• Advised AIM-listed Idox plc on a takeover by Long Path Partners
• Advised the University of Greenwich on a first-of-its-kind merger structure with the University of Kent, creating the UK’s first ‘super-university’
• Advised Royal London Asset Management Property on its a £197 million acquisition of Fradley Park, a major industrial estate in Lichfield, West Midlands
• Advised global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas on its role in the Delburn Wind Farm in the Australian state of Victoria
• Advised the sellers on the €330m student housing sale of Bravo! Students portfolio – one of the most significant student housing deals in Spain this year
• Advised on a joint venture delivering the multi-billion dollar Jubail Buraydah water transmission project.

Our milestones

• Expanded our multinational footprint, establishing a presence in Warsaw, Poland
• Opened an international delivery centre in Cape Town, South Africa
• Established a joint venture with China Commercial Law Firm
• Made 27 lateral hires and promoted 23 to our partnership
• Established our Innovation & Change Board to ensure clear direction for our transformation agenda
• Forged a strategic partnership with Legora following an extensive pilot across our corporate, employment and property groups firmwide
• Launched REcapture, a tool which accelerates data-led decision making for transactions in the real estate space, supporting investors and lenders
• Developed Portana, a product developed to radically streamline the legal due diligence reporting process during complex M&A transactions
• Introduced our refreshed Employee Value Proposition.

Our communities

• Assembled a multi-disciplinary pro bono team to support Oxfordshire Community Land Trust with the redevelopment of three brownfield sites into sustainable, affordable homes
• Partnered with the GC Wellbeing Network UK and Middle East, supporting senior in-house legal leaders to sustain performance and wellbeing
• Recognised as a UK Times Top 50 employer for gender equality
• Ranked 4th in the legal sector for Diversity & Inclusion in Australia’s Prosple Top 100 Graduate Employers
• Supported early talent and social mobility through our work with City Century, UK
• Partnered with Lawyers Who Care to help build a more diverse talent pipeline for the legal sector
• Partnered with Refugee Legal Australia to provide assistance to refugees and vulnerable migrants
• Named a top ten family friendly employer by Working Families for the 9th consecutive year
• Installed a Demand Control Ventilation system in our London HQ, saving energy by varying the amount of air delivered across floors based on real-time occupancy signals.

Commenting on the results, Laura Cameron, Managing Partner said:

“In line with our strategy to achieve global reach with unmatched sector and skillset capabilities, we have focused our last 12 months on investing in our people, premises and technology. We’re now ideally positioned to serve our clients today and into the future. We have the reach, technological capability and breadth of expertise to deliver something different to our clients; a law firm partner that remains focused on creating new value and achieving the greatest impact for our clients.

“These investments have included expanding our geographical footprint to enhance our cross-jurisdictional capability and efficiency. We have opened an office in Warsaw, launched an international delivery centre in Cape Town and established a joint venture with China Commercial Law firm following the launch of our Shenzhen base last year. We’ve also taken prestigious new premises in Manchester, Glasgow and Sydney. Our City bench strength in the UK has been bolstered by several high-profile hires to optimise our delivery of business-critical mandates, and we’ve invested heavily in our technology platforms through both the development of proprietary technologies in-house and in collaboration with vendors.”

Andrew Masraf, Senior Partner, said:

“Our investments this year demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the core components of our sector-led strategy - sharpening our market focus, scaling our innovative delivery models and deepening our presence in the areas where our clients need us most.

“Our continued focus on providing our clients with sector expertise, scalable, technology-driven solutions and informed commercial advice has put us at the forefront of a number of market-leading mandates. To reference just one example, this year we supported Huel in their landmark sale to Danone, a significant deal for the UK’s high growth retail sector and the culmination of a decade-long relationship between our corporate team and Huel’s leadership.”