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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. ^[1]

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 ^[2]
Centre for European Reform
Defence Manufacturers Association
Public Private Partnership Forum
Member of the UK Defence Forum

Lobbying firms retained

Bell Pottinger Public Affairs ^[3] | Cicero Consulting^[4] | Interel ^[5] Pepper Public Affairs^[6]

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^[7]
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 ^[8]

Former paid advisers

Lord Paul

Secondees to UK government

According to BLP's website

'Several BLP team members have been seconded to the UK’s Department of Health. As a result we have a real understanding not only of the legal and commercial issues, but also of the policies and principles that underlie and influence the healthcare sector'. ^[9]

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^[10]

FTSE 100 clients

Aviva (property) | Burberry Group | Experian (competition law/corporate) | Legal & General Group | National Grid (commercial/construction/ litigation) | Tesco (commercial/ corporate/property) ^[11]

Listed on BLP website

Africa

UK

UAE

Israel

Russia and the CIS

Goltsblat BLP is the Russian practice of BLP, and 'is one of the top 3 law firms in Russia*, it is also one of the largest among Moscow’s top-50 law firms'. More than 70% of clients are major international companies operating in Russia or the CIS.

Publications

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

Contact

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Website:

Resources

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

Notes

↑ Tim Sumner, Adam Dann, Expert insights: Oil and gas law update: AIPN publishes unconventional resources operating agreement, BLP website, 29 September 2014
↑ Source: [1]
↑ PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – September to November 2012
↑ Association of Professional Political Consultants. APPC Register Entry, 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010.
↑ Interel Consulting UK, APPC Register Entry for 1 March 2010 to 31 May 2010
↑ PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – September to November 2012
↑ Tim Pugh, Berwin, Leighton Paisner website, undated, accessed 28 October 2014
↑ Lord Mendelsohn, www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 28 October 2014
↑ Healthcare, BLP website, accessed 28 October 2014
↑ Luke McLeod-Roberts, BLP hiring spree and tax umbrella policy paves way for City supremacy The Lawyer. June 21, 2010, Pg. 11.
↑ Lawyers to the top FTSE 100 companies, Chambers and Partners, 2012

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

[2] Source: [1]

[3] PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – September to November 2012

[4] Association of Professional Political Consultants. APPC Register Entry, 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010.

[5] Interel Consulting UK, APPC Register Entry for 1 March 2010 to 31 May 2010

[6] PRCA Public Affairs Register: Agencies – September to November 2012

[7] Tim Pugh, Berwin, Leighton Paisner website, undated, accessed 28 October 2014

[8] Lord Mendelsohn, www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 28 October 2014

[9] Healthcare, BLP website, accessed 28 October 2014

[10] Luke McLeod-Roberts, BLP hiring spree and tax umbrella policy paves way for City supremacy The Lawyer. June 21, 2010, Pg. 11.

[11] Lawyers to the top FTSE 100 companies, Chambers and Partners, 2012

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-[[Goltsblat BLP]] is the Russian practice of BLP, and is one of the top 3 law firms in Russia*, it is also one of the largest among Moscow’s top-50 law firms*. More than 70% of clients are major international companies operating in Russia or the CIS.
+[[Goltsblat BLP]] is the Russian practice of BLP, and 'is one of the top 3 law firms in Russia*, it is also one of the largest among Moscow’s top-50 law firms'. More than 70% of clients are major international companies operating in Russia or the CIS.
 Clients include [[Barclays Bank]] | [[Shell]] | [[Coalco]] |  [[Caterpillar Financial]]