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*[[Jonathan Mendelsohn]] <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mendelsohn/4286 Lord Mendelsohn], www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 28 October 2014 </ref> | *[[Jonathan Mendelsohn]] <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mendelsohn/4286 Lord Mendelsohn], www.parliament.co.uk, undated, accessed 28 October 2014 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 1 November 2014
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.
Contents
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
Parliamentary groups
- Associate member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - paid £2500 fee (registered December 2013)
Trade associations
- Business in Sport and Leisure Member at May 2013 [2]
- Defence Manufacturers Association
- Public Private Partnership Forum
- Member of the UK Defence Forum
- International Financial Services London
Think tanks and elite networking
- British American Project - past sponsor [3]
- Centre for European Reform
Lobbying firms retained
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[8]
- 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
Former Staff
- Brenda Stern (also director of the British American Project)
Paid political advisers
Former paid advisers
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'. [10]
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[11]
FTSE 100 clients
- Aviva (property) | Burberry Group | Experian (competition law/corporate) | Legal & General Group | National Grid (commercial/construction/ litigation) | Tesco (commercial/ corporate/property) [12]
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
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.
Clients include Barclays Bank | Shell | Coalco | Caterpillar Financial China Development Bank | North Caucasus Development Corporation | Fleming Family & Partners | GE Energy | Deutsche Bank AG | EBRD
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
Notes
- ↑ Tim Sumner, Adam Dann, Expert insights: Oil and gas law update: AIPN publishes unconventional resources operating agreement, BLP website, 29 September 2014
- ↑ Business in Sport and Leisure, Our Members retrieved from the Internet Archive of 23 April 2013 on 2 January 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
