Tom Leman
Partner, Head of Retail & Consumer
Retail & Consumer
From household names to high-growth disruptors, we help retail and consumer brands thrive - navigating complexity, unlocking opportunity, and building the legal foundations for sustainable success.
Recognised by Chambers and Legal 500, we advise leading retail and consumer brands including Tesco, Google, Meta, Unilever, Heineken, and Harrods. Our support spans cyber and data protection, M&A, real estate, strategic partnerships, supply chains, brand protection, disputes, and energy procurement. We guide high-growth businesses from Series A funding through to exits via trade sales, private equity, and IPOs, with clients such as Huel, Sweaty Betty, Trinny London, and Charlotte Tilbury.
Our team advises on daily operations and strategic initiatives, including store portfolios, logistics, staffing, trading law, employment, immigration, IP, and branding. We also support global expansion, joint ventures, licensing, franchising, and regulatory compliance.
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Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
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Show me all press releasesPinsent Masons advises Arch Re on cross-border insurance business transfer
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised two subsidiaries of Arch Re – Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited (Southern Rock) and Alwyn Insurance Company Limited (Alwyn) – on the successful completion of an insurance business transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Pinsent Masons advises on acquisition of Alba Renewables
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Southeast Asia-based clean energy developer Alba Renewables on its acquisition by a leading global investment firm.
Pinsent Masons advises Aviva on Part VII transfer of former AIG Life protection business
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised the Aviva Group on the successful High Court-sanctioned transfer of the entire insurance business of Aviva Protection UK Limited (formerly AIG Life) to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited, under a Part VII insurance business transfer scheme.
