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    Advised a Middle East consultancy firm on market entry and corporate structuring procedures for multinationals operating in Saudi Arabia.

  • Enquest plc

    Advised Enquest plc a UK on a Health and Safety Executive investigation, negotiating a plea to a single charge resulting from the investigation and representing the company at the sentencing hearing.

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    Assisted one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations from a tax perspective in their investment in a Luxembourg investment Fund. The fund invests in equity, equity-related securities, growth equity, debt, and minority investments in private and publicly traded companies in North America and Western Europe.

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    Acted for a manufacturer of dairy products in a prosecution on an incident in which 30,000 litres of mildly acidic cleaning solution escaped and injured two employees. This was a long and complicated prosecution in which 15 alleged offences resulted in 2 charges which were successfully reduced to 1.

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    Advised a property services organisation during the Coroner's Inquest into the death of an elderly social housing tenant. The inquest attracted local media attention and had reputational implications. After detailed medical evidence, the Coroner reached a natural causes conclusion with no 'neglect'.

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    Advising 4 individual Directors/ Senior Managers of the main refurbishment contractor on Grenfell Tower regarding being witnesses at the public inquiry and the ongoing police investigation.

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    Advised a national waste contractor following two separate fatalities within a 4 month period; both of which were being jointly investigated by the Police and HSE.

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    Acted for a construction contractor in the immediate aftermath of a triple fatality crane collapse. The joint Police and HSE investigation remains active and one party is under suspicion of manslaughter offences.

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    Undertook a privileged accident investigation into a fatality involving a sub-contracted lorry driver.

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    Acted for a facilities management operator in two significant matters: one arising from an electrocution and fatality on an all-weather playing pitch which is now the subject of a corporate manslaughter investigation; one involving a contractor fall-from-height leading to prosecution proceedings.

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Pinsent Masons advises IFC on landmark Islamic green financing for The Sustainable City - Yiti in Oman

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Pinsent Masons strengthens energy transition and infrastructure offering with partner hire Josh Htet

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Joshua Htet as a partner in its Energy and Infrastructure team in London, strengthening the firm's capabilities across project finance, energy transition and renewable energy.

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