Berwin Leighton Paisner

Berwin Leighton Paisner is one of the top 20 law firms based in the UK. It was formed through the merger of Berwin Leighton and Paisner & Co in 2001.

Activities

Energy sector - oil and gas

BLP has extensive experience advising oil and gas companies on corporate and commercial oil and gas transactions. The firm is currently advising on a series of mandates involving unconventional resources in the UK and internationally.

Affiliations

• Associate member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - paid £2500 fee (registered December 2013)
• British American Project - past sponsor
• Centre for European Reform
• Defence Manufacturers Association
• Public Private Partnership Forum
• Member of the UK Defence Forum

Lobbying firms retained

Bell Pottinger Public Affairs | Cicero Consulting | Interel Pepper Public Affairs

People

• Kenneth Addly, associate director, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure
• Simon Allan, partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure
• Dimitri Antipin, associate, Project Finance
• Kiran Arora, senior associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure
• Adam Dann, oil and gas lawyer
• Tim Pugh, partner planning and environment, industry specialisms in nuclear, oil and gas, power, renewables, water, sport, rail and real estate
• Liron Meister, senior associate
• Asaf Rimon, senior associate (oil and gas)
• Tim Smith, partner
• Tim Sumner, senior associate (oil and gas)
• Alfred Weightman, Associate at Berwin Leighton Paisner

Paid political advisers

• Jonathan Mendelsohn

Former paid advisers

• Lord Paul

Clients

• Handled the complex tax and real estate work for Clifford Chance client Blackstone on its joint venture with British Land, acting as co-counsel with former Clifford Chance partner Adam Signy, now at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, who handled corporate matters
• worked for the National Pension Service of Korea
• acted for Tesco on the tax matters of a sale-and-leaseback deal
• for Oxford Properties and UBS in relation to the letting of Watermark Place to Nomura

FTSE 100 clients

• Aviva (property) | Burberry Group | Experian (competition law/corporate) | Legal & General Group | National Grid (commercial/construction/ litigation) | Tesco (commercial/ corporate/property)

Listed on BLP website

Africa

Absa Bank | Access Bank | African Bank

   African Finance Corporation
   African Development Bank
   Anadarko
   Central Bank of Nigeria
   Coal of Africa
   Daddo Maritime Services Limited
   FBN Capital
   Guaranty Trust Bank
   Harvest Natural Resources
   Hellenic Petroleum
   Investec
   Lagos State Government
   Ncondezi Coal Company
   Odfjell Drilling
   Panoro Energy/Pan-Petroleum
   Perenco
   Premier Oil
   Standard Bank
   Tanzanite One
   Telkom SA
   Union Bank of Nigeria
   Vegas Oil and Gas
   Vitol
   Zanaga Iron Ore
   Zenith Bank

UK

AMEC | Aviva Investors | Balfour Beatty | Barclays | Blackstone |Great Portland Estates | Hadrian’s Wall Capital | Hatfield Philips | Hellenic Petroleum | Land Securities | National Grid | Olympic Delivery Authority | Oman Power and Water Procurement Company | Oracle | Playtech | Premier Oil Qatari Diar | Schroders | Tesco | Thames Water | The Financial Times | The Football Association | Travelex | UBS | Wilmington Trust |

UAE

Aabar Investments | Aldar | Al Habtoor | Al Rajhi Group | Al Tamouh Investments | Al Tayer | Arabtec | Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) | Dubai Aviation City Corporation | Majid Al Futtaim Properties | Musanada | Qatari Diar | Reem Investments | Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) | Urban Planning Council |

Israel

Arkia | Bank Hapoalim | Bank Leumi | Brack Capital Real Estate | Ceragon Networks | Delek Group | Dexcel | Dori Media | Eden Springs | EL AL | Elbit Imaging | Engel Resources and Development | FIBI | Gilat Satcom | Lumenis | MirLand Development Corporation | Miya | MyHeritage | Ofer Group | Paradigm Geophysical | Park Plaza | Pilat Media Global | Playtech | Plaza Centers | Poalim Asset Management | Ratio Oil Exploration | Roadchef | Teva | Union Bank of Israel XL Media

Publications

• Tim Sumner, Adam Dann, Expert insights: Oil and gas law update: AIPN publishes unconventional resources operating agreement, BLP website, 29 September 2014

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Resources

• Tim Smith Tim Pugh, Unconventional Oil Gas Consenting.mp4 BLP video.