Insight, innovation and experience in judicial review and the law of public bodies.
We help governments and public bodies to anticipate public law issues and plan strategically to mitigate their risks. We also advise businesses on how they can ensure public decisions are fair and lawful. We bring and defend judicial reviews and other legal challenges.
Our expertise in constitutional and administrative law combines with our experience in public inquiries, public policy, legislation and parliamentary work in an integrated service.
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.
Government Legal Department
Assisting the Government Legal Department and Cabinet Office in reviewing retained EU law on the UK statute book, and in designing and delivering the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill for introduction in Parliament.
Advised DPL on the defence of a judicial review claim in the High Court and the Court of Appeal regarding the grant of the Drax Power Development Consent Order (DCO). Following the grant of the DCO for, what would be, the UK’s largest new Carbon Capture Ready gas-fired generating station at 3.6GW with 200MW of battery storage, ClientEarth challenged the DCO on 9 Grounds in the High Court in April 2020
Advised multinational drinks and hospitality organisation on corporate brand development, communications and government relations.
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.
Providing ongoing regulatory, corporate and procurement law advice to the central coordination point for the increasing trans-European networking of more than 15 electricity transmission system operators.
Advising a global telecommunications infrastructure company on IT security law requirements before the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
Advised public body on parliamentary privilege and the powers of parliamentary committees in relation to requests for the disclosure of documentary evidence.
Advised a listed French automotive supplier on antitrust issues related to a planned R&D block exemption regulation, including advising on complex individual issues at the intersection with new EU regulations on the recycling content of car parts. We regularly advise the company on distribution antitrust issues.
Advised on statutory powers and duties of a public body in relation to requests or directions from a government department.
Advised government department on judicial review risk assessment in the context of decision-making on the management of grant funding arrangements.
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.
Partner and Parliamentary Agent, Head of Infrastructure Planning & Government Affairs
EmailRobbie leads our infrastructure planning and government affairs business. He advises on UK infrastructure and economic development policies, programmes and projects from a planning, environmental and administrative law perspective. This includes advising on policy formulation, enabling legislation, consenting and delivery.
Partner
EmailStuart co-leads our PFI/PPP market globally. He acts for procurers, sponsors, contractors, FM contractors and lenders across a wide range of infrastructure and energy sub-sectors in the UK and internationally, covering the full project lifecycle.
Partner
EmailJonathan is a financial services specialist, focusing on investigating and managing systemic challenges. Jonathan devises strategies and solutions which reflect commercial drivers, operational preferences and stakeholder objectives – and which reduce regulatory scrutiny. Jonathan’s team consist of barristers, ex-regulators and ombudsmen.
Partner, Head of Risk Advisory Services
EmailJim was the head of the firmwide Litigation, Regulatory and Tax practice until November 2022 when he was promoted to be Group Head of the Firm’s Risk Advisory Services Group.
Legal Director
EmailDeirdre manages a large volume of High Court litigation, to include professional negligence, product liability, discrimination in relation to provision of services, contractual disputes, judicial review and injunctive relief.
Partner
EmailMichael is a Partner advising on a wide range of corporate litigation, procurement challenges, competition litigation and professional negligence claims.
Partner
EmailMichael provides regulatory and strategic advice on major commercial and infrastructure projects and transactions within the global nuclear sector, as well as standalone regulatory advice on the key areas of nuclear regulation
Partner, Global Head of Antitrust, Competition & Trade
EmailAndreas has more than 20 years of relevant professional experience with national and European projects in public procurement, state aid and foreign trade law sanctions, (export control and investment screening) at the interface between the public sector and private companies.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
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.
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.
Robbie Owen
Partner and Parliamentary Agent, Head of Infrastructure Planning & Government Affairs
