About Pinsent Masons
OUT-LAW.COM is part of Pinsent Masons, a forward-thinking,
full-service commercial law firm acting for private and public
sector clients worldwide.
The firm has a fundamental commitment to good client service,
which starts with ensuring its people embrace values which encourage strong team working
and personal development, enabling them to operate most effectively
for clients. This values-driven approach is further reflected
in the active community role the firm plays through its
corporate responsibility programme and its
commitment as a business to operating in an environmentally
sustainable way.
We are a diverse organisation and actively promote
diversity through a range of activities including
the work of an employee diversity group. We are regularly named in
the press as a diversity leader amongst law firms.
Ranked in the Global 100 of law firms,
Pinsent Masons expanded its international offering in 2007 with the
opening of an office
in Beijing and by spearheading the creation of PMLG an international group of independent
law firms.
PMLG is a European-based
network with offices in the UK, Austria, France, Germany,
Hungary and, in the Baltic Region, in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania. It provides a formidable cross border legal resource for
clients doing business in the region and complements Pinsent
Masons' own international offices in
Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The firm also has
strong relationships with law firms in other key jurisdictions.
In the UK, Pinsent Masons is ranked in the top 15 ranked of law
firms. In addition to its London headquarters, it has offices in
the key economic centres of Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester. Worldwide, the firm has over
250 partners, a total legal team of around 1,000
and more than 1,600 staff. Please refer to the legal notices page for additional information on
the structure of the firm.
Pinsent Masons is recognised for the quality of its people and
the depth of their expertise across all areas of law that are key
to business. Its major practice groups are Banking
& Finance; Construction (UK and international); Corporate;
Dispute Resolution & Litigation; Employment, Pensions &
Tax; Insurance; Outsourcing, Technology & Commercial;
Projects and Real Estate. Within these groups it has significant
teams specialising in areas such as Competition, IP, trade marks,
Health & Safety and International Arbitration.
The firm is also known for the depth of its sector knowledge, with
its lawyers having first-hand knowledge of different industries
both in the UK and overseas, thus being able to provide advice
appropriate to the sector, the circumstances and the
jurisdiction.
The firm is focused on the following core
sectors:
For more information on Pinsent Masons, explore our website at
PinsentMasons.com or
contact us.
