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Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.

  • Client confidential

    Advised a large property development company on its £90m acquisition of the Regent Quarter site in King’s Cross, involving the purchase of all unit holdings in a Jersey Unit Trust and an English Unit Trust that collectively owned the target properties, and provided tax due diligence, post‑completion tax restructuring advice and buy‑side W&I insurance support.

  • Scottish Equitable plc

    Advised Aegon, a leading insurer, on the sale of its UK individual protection business to Royal London. Aegon initially reinsured the portfolio pending a Part VII transfer of legal ownership structure. The portfolio comprised life, critical illness and income protection policies covering 400,000 high-net-worth customers distributed via independent financial advisers.

  • Investcorp

    Advised Investcorp in the acquisition of a 333,000 sq ft industrial investment let to GXO Logistics at Eurocentral, Motherwell for £23m.

  • MEDIC Park GmbH & Co. KG

    Advised Medic Park GmbH & Co. KG on all real estate and tax aspects of the sale of MedicParc, a state-of-the-art specialist medical centre with the world's most modern operating facilities, to PROXIMUS

  • Legal & General Pensions Limited

    Advised Legal & General on its long income investment in a new hotel development in Cardiff, which is being developed by Rightacres alongside the Welsh Rugby Union and Celtic Manor. We acted for L&G as funder, dealing with all real estate, construction and tax aspects of the transaction.

  • Imperial College London

    Advising Imperial College London on tax structuring of acquisition and development of its Imperial West campus and other development projects in joint venture.

  • Guildford Borough Council

    Advising Guildford Borough Council on land swap agreement with Thames Water and drafting of tax indemnity re: Slyfield Area Regeneration Project to deliver 1500 new homes and commercial uses.

  • Royal London

    Advising Royal London on tax aspects of acquisition and liquidation of Jersey SPV owning industrial estate at Kings Norton Birmingham.

  • Client confidential

    Advise a high profile Middle Eastern family on tax of all types including VAT, CIS, SDLT, ATED, NRLS, PAYE, NIC, CT, and structuring advice in relation to the development of a substantial residential property in London.

  • Client confidential

    Acted on the investment sale of an industrial portfolio to Malaysian State Pension Fund (EPF) for circa £200M, which involved project managing a group of external legal advisers.

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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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Pinsent Masons supports SGE on joint venture project for the development of small modular reactors

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised SGE on entering into a shareholders’ agreement with ZE PAK concerning the establishment of PAK BWRX. The company’s purpose will be to develop and operate six reactors using BWRX-300 technology, with a combined capacity of 1.8 GW.

Pinsent Masons achieves highest number of Legal 500 UK rankings

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has once again topped the Legal 500 UK rankings, securing both the highest number of overall rankings and the most Tier One rankings.

Pinsent Masons advises EDF power solutions on Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm acquisition

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised long-standing client EDF power solutions on its acquisition of a 33.3% interest in the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm project from RWE, marking a significant addition to EDF power solutions’ UK offshore wind development portfolio.

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