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Professional Services

With leading expertise in establishing innovative alternative fund and investment structures, we are rapidly emerging as the go-to advisers for all players in the investment management world, from pension funds to asset managers.

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Our latest work

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.

  • Client confidential

    Advised a global insurance sector professional services group on a multi-jurisdictional restructuring involving transfers of ownership interests and intra-group reorganisations.

  • Client confidential

    Advising a well-known training company on the legally compliant deployment of teaching staff to avoid false self-employment and consultation on the creation of adequate procurement processes.

  • Knights Professional Services Limited

    Advised London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) on the successful sale of its private rented sector (PRS) business, trading as Metra Living, in a deal valued at £1,045 million.

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  • Client confidential

    Provided expert evidence in civil recovery order proceedings, including preparing an expert report analysing financial flows and asset purchases, and giving evidence on money laundering.

  • News UK & Ireland Limited

    Advised News UK & Ireland Limited on the contractual framework for the development of a new gaming application.

  • Emgejay Pty Limited trading as Jones Partners Insolvency & Restructuring

    Advised Bruce Gleeson, administrator and deed administrator of G S Packaging Pty Ltd, on trading on, debt recovery and a deed of company arrangement. Appeared in Federal Court winding up proceedings, obtaining s 440A(2) orders. Pursued debtor recoveries, including liquidation orders for a $435,000 debtor and negotiated settlements delivering returns to creditors.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Advised the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on a planning application for a London memorial and learning centre, including redetermination following judicial review, legislative changes enabling development, updates to the application and environmental impact assessment, design options addressing parliamentary assurances, and preparing representations for the redetermination process

  • Client confidential

    Advising a telecommunications operator on the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and its transposition in the German TKG amendment across the client’s German mobile and fixed-line end-customer contracts.

  • Flint Global Limited

    Advised the principal sellers, including GCP and the management team, on the auction sale of the entire issued share capital of Flint Global, a prominent political, policy, regulatory, competition and economic advisory consultancy to Cinven, and on the terms of management’s reinvestment alongside the new investor.

  • Client confidential

    Acting as party appointed arbitrator in DIS arbitration proceedings between a cryptocurrency company and a financial services provider regarding repayment claims.

Our expertise, at your disposal

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.

Steven Cottee

Partner

Steven specialises in restructuring businesses across a range of sectors.

Legal Director

Shonagh is part of the UK Finance team. She has a strong reputation for advising lenders and borrowers on a variety of financing transactions. Shonagh has a particular focus on advising on corporate lending transactions and education finance matters.

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Orbital launches Scots Law workflows for Commercial Real Estate following pilot with Pinsent Masons

Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice 

Pinsent Masons advises on £230m plus Penta Real Estate and Staycity Group London aparthotel joint venture

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district. 

Pinsent Masons advises industrial manufacturers PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Group

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised manufacturing companies PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Innovation, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of steel tanks and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami.

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