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

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
• 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 - Sponsor 2004-5 and 2006/7
• Centre for European Reform

Lobbying firms retained

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

People

Staff circa 2014

Chris Adams, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Kenneth Addly, Associate Director, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Rachel Aikens, Senior Associate, Financial Services Investigations | Simon Allan, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Daren Allen, Partner, Corporate Crime & Investigations | Adriano Amorese, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Michael Anderson, Partner, Co-head of Corporate Finance | Stewart Anderson, Associate Director, Restructuring | Lindsey Anderson, Associate, Real Estate | Dave Anderson, Partner, EU & Competition | Dimitri Antipin, Associate, Project Finance | Tahirah Ara, Partner, Finance | Oleg Arkhipov, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution | Helen Armstrong, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Kiran Arora, Senior Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Marisol Aspinell, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Lesley-Anne Avis, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Andrei Baev, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Tom Bain, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Matthew Baker, Senior Associate, Investment Management | Zahra Bardai, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Jeremy Bark, Associate Director, Regulatory | David Barnes, Partner, Corporate Finance | Simon Barnett, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | David Battiscombe, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Margaret Batts, Senior Associate, Real Estate Disputes | Simon Baum, Partner, Finance | Craig Baylis, Partner, Regulatory | Sarah Beattie, Associate Director, Planning & Environment | Yoni Beck, Consultant, BLP Representative Office Services Ltd | Elena Belozerova, Associate Director, Foreign Trade, Customs and Exchange Regulation | Ian Benjamin, Partner, Restructuring & Insolvency | Richard Benn, Associate, Construction, Engineering & Procurement | John Bennett, International Business Partner | Paul Bennett, Head of Forensic Accounting and Technology | Celia Berg, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Johannes Bergmann, Associate, Finance, Germany | Kirsty Berryman, Associate Director, Restructuring & Insolvency | Salim Bharwani, Associate, Banking | Friday Biddle, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Nicole Bigby, Partner, Director of Risk | Rebecca Biggin, Associate, Real Estate Disputes | Robert Bindless, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Kate Binedell, Partner, Investment Management | Amelia Binns, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Marcus Birch, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Alexander Birjukov, Associate, EU & Competition | Jayne Black, Partner, Banking | Ben Blacklock, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Amelia Blair, Associate | Harry Blathwayt, Associate, Real Estate | Marian Bloodworth, Partner, Employment | Damian Bloom, Partner, Private Client | Adam Bogdanor, Partner, Corporate Finance | Lydia Boos, Associate, Real Estate Finance | Elizabeth Bradley, Partner, Head of Corporate Tax | Simon Brayton, Associate Director, Finance Know-how | Sarah Breckenridge, Knowledge Development Lawyer, Disputes | Carsten Bremer, Partner, Real Estate, Germany | Jennifer Brenke, Associate, Finance, Germany | Jonathan Brenner, Director, Lawyers On Demand | Camilla Brignall, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Victoria Brocklehurst, Knowledge Development Lawyer | David Brotherton, Partner, Asset Finance | Chris Bryant, Partner, EU & Competition | Jim Buchanan, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Simon Buchler, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Tom Budgett, Consultant, Asset Finance | Markus Buhlmann, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Anthony Bunker, Consultant, Private Client | Sam Burstall, Senior Associate, Planning & Environment | Anna Bury, Associate, Asset Finance | Nick Butler, Partner, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Gemma Byrne, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Christopher Cann, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Carolina Carlstedt, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Alison Cartin, Associate Director, Private Client | Sam Carver, Associate Director, Private Client | Simon Catterall, Senior Associate, Planning | Mark Chan, Partner, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Raymond Chan, Counsel, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Andrew Chapman, Business Development Adviser | Richard Chapman, Partner, Commercial, IT & Outsourcing | Bob Charlton, Partner, Head of Asia and Managing Partner of Hong Kong | Sunita Chawla, Partner,Commercial Real Estate | Yuri Chernobrivtsev, Partner, Real Estate | Carteneil Cheung, Associate, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Ken Cheung, Partner, Corporate Finance | Steve Clark, Partner, Real Estate Finance | Emma Clark, Senior Associate, Real Estate Finance | Victoria Clark, Knowledge Development Lawyer, International Arbitration | Simon Clark, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property | James Clarke, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Ian Clarke, Associate, Construction and Dispute Resolution | Simon Clarke, Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency | Zac Clayton, Associate, Real Estate | Rhian Clayton-Payne, Associate, Corporate Finance | Russell Clifford, Partner, Head of Asset Finance | Alexandra Clough, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Louisa Cobbe, Associate, Investment Management | Neasa Coen, Associate Director, Private Client & Charities | Roger Cohen, Partner, Co-Head of Real Estate Disputes | David Collins, Partner, Head of Corporate | David Cook, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | David Cordery, Associate, Construction, Engineering & Procurement | Kirsty Corkum, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Justin Cornelius, Partner, Investment Management | Edward Coulson, Senior Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Rebecca Cowley, Associate, Real Estate | Hannah Crockett, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Matthew Crossley, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Rachel Cuff, Senior Associate / Principal Knowledge Development Lawyer | Irene Cummins, Associate, Financial Services Investigations | Alex Cunningham, Associate, Investment Management | Murdoch Currie, Partner, Corporate Finance | Adam Dann, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Marieke Datema, Associate, EU & Competition | Miriam Daub, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Ryan Davies, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Richard Davies, Partner, Head of Abu Dhabi office | Sam Davies, Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency | Joby Davies, Partner, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Kyle Davis, Partner, Corporate | Daniel Deal, Associate, Corporate Finance | Deepa Deb, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Ekaterina Dedova, Partner, Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions | Aude Delechat-Patel, Associate (Canadian Lawyer and Solicitor of England and Wales), Contentious Tax | Dr. Andreas Demleitner, Associate, Tax, Germany | Michael Dempsey, Senior Associate, Planning | David Dennison, Partner, Pensions & Incentives | Alix Desportes, Associate, Real Estate Finance | Nazir Dewji, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Vitaly Dianov, Senior Associate, EU & Competition | Brian Dowling, Senior Associate, Real Estate | Ron Downhill, Partner, Private Client | Gavin Doyle, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Christian Drage, Partner, Planning & Environment | Jamie Drucker, Associate, Intellectual Property | Jennifer Dudzinski, Associate, Real Estate | Alistair Duffield, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure, Head of Singapore | Richard Dupay, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Jennifer Dzafic, Senior Trade Mark Attorney, Intellectual Property | Ian De Freitas, Partner, Intellectual Property | Chris de Pury, Partner, Head of Real Estate | Terry de Souza, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Neville Eisenberg, Managing Partner | Rob Eldridge, Partner, Employment | Nicola Elton, Associate, Real Estate | Naomi Emerton, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Dominik Ernst, Associate, Tax, Germany | Eike Neugebauer, Associate, Finance, Germany | Roland Fabian, Managing Partner, Real Estate, Germany | Laura Faithfull, Associate, Real Estate | Raymond Fang, Associate, Corporate Finance | Olajumoke Fawibe, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Caroline Ferrigan, Associate, Private Client | Daniel Finch, Senior Associate, Banking | Rebekah Finch, Associate, Corporate Finance | Inna Firsova, Head of group, Real estate & construction | Lucy Fishman, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Sarah Fitzpatrick, Associate Director (Barrister), Planning | Damian Fleming, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Nic Fletcher QC, Partner, Head of International Arbitration | Michael Fluss, Associate Director, Tax | Grant Folland, Associate, Private Client | Alexandra Forrest, Associate, Asset Finance | Lucie Fortune, Associate, Intellectual Property | Liam Foweather, Associate Director | Vicky Fowler, Partner, Planning & Environment | Jo Francis, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Daniel Freiman, Senior Associate, Planning and Environment | Karen Friebe, Partner, Real Estate | Jancyn Gardiner, Principal Knowledge Development Lawyer, Construction, Engineering and Procurement | Victoria Gardner, Partner, Hong Kong | Anna Gee, Senior Associate, International Arbitration, Engineering & Construction | Oran Gelb, Partner, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Catherine Gelder, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Jacob Ghanty, Partner, Financial Regulation | Quentin Gillespie, Associate Director, Real Estate Finance | Alexandra Gladwell, Senior Associate, Insurance/Reinsurance | Oliver Glynn-Jones, Partner, Head of Banking Litigation | Michael Goldmeier, Partner | Simon Goldring, Associate, Private Client | Andrey Goltsblat, Managing Partner, Goltsblat BLP | James Good, Partner, Planning & Environment | Katie Goodfellow, Associate, Real Estate Finance | Robert Gowing, Associate, Planning and Environment | Paul Grace, Associate Director, Planning & Environment | Peter Graham, Consultant, Corporate Finance | Emily Green, Associate, Real Estate | Daniel Greenberg, Parliamentary Counsel | Deborah Greenwood, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Stephen Greyling, Associate, Real Estate | Barry Gross, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Robert Gross, Partner, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Antony Grossman, Partner, Head of Investment Management | Ian Gruselle, Director, Trade Mark Attorney, Intellectual Property | Alan Gutteridge, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Nicole Hallegua, Senior Associate, Employment | Will Hammon, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Elin Hannah, Associate, Employment | Marc Hanson, Partner, Commercial Construction | Richard Harbot, Partner,Tax | Rebecca Harding-Hill, Partner, Employment | Caroline Hare, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Heather Harmsworth, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Simon Harper, Lawyers On Demand Co-Founder & BLP Consultant | Joanna Harris, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Hayley Harris, Senior Associate, Real Estate Disputes | David Harrison, Partner, Head of EU & Competition | Finella Hartono, Associate, Corporate Finance | Dr. Fabian Hartwich, Partner, Real Estate, Germany | Peter Harvey, Consultant | Tessa Hastie, Associate Director,Corp Finance Know-how | Roger Hawkins, Consultant | Ceinwen Hayes, Associate, Real Estate Tax | Sha He, Associate, Real Estate | Toby Headdon, Senior Associate, Intellectual Property | Daniel Healy, Associate | Laurie Heller, Consultant | Tim Hellier, Partner, Head of Planning & Environment | Helen Hemingray, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Victoria Henry, Partner, Investment Management | Jessica Henson, Associate, Private Client | Erline Herrmann, Associate, Finance | Indra Hertanto, Associate | Liana Hewson, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Tim Hillier, Associate, Construction and Engineering | Nicola Hirst, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Andrew Hockley, Partner, EU & Competition | Sarah Hockman, Associate, Employment | Eva Holden, Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency | Hugh Homan, Consultant, Asset Finance | Nicola Hopkins, Partner, Investment Management | Bradley Houlston, Associate, Employment | Ashley Howard, Associate, Project Finance | Emma Howdle-Fuller, Partner, Head of Banking | Gordon Howes, Director of Facilities | Derek Hrydziuszko, Partner, Banking | Liz Hughes, Senior Associate, Tax | John Hughes-D'Aeth, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Chester Hui, Associate, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Eleanor Hunwicks, Partner, Banking | Kate Hurburgh, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Jennifer Hurdle, Associate, Real Estate | Anna Iceton, Senior Associate, Real Estate Disputes | Dmitry Ilyin, Head of group, Real estate & construction | Nadezhda Ilyushina, Head of Employment Pensions & Benefits | Jennifer Ince, Associate - Asset Finance | Stuart Isaacs QC, Partner, Head of Advocacy | Kate Ison, Senior Associate, Contentious Tax | Ian Ivory, Partner, Corporate Finance | Lauren Jackson, Associate, Hotels | Polly James, Senior Associate, Financial Services Investigations | Morgan James, Associate Director, Knowledge Development Lawyer | Georgina James, Partner, Private Client | Adam Jamieson, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Kate Jeffery, Associate, Commercial | Catherine Jefferys, Associate, Investment Management | Laura Jenkins, Associate, Commercial | Marie Johnson, Associate, Corporate Finance | Kyle Johnson, Associate, Banking | Patrick Johnson, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance | Sarah Jones, Associate, Real Estate | Kelly Jones, Senior Associate, Insurance/Reinsurance | Nick Jones, Senior Associate, Commerical Dispute Resolution | Theo Jones, Associate Director, Corp Finance Know-how | Ben Jones, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency | Aaron Jones, Associate, Corporate and Projects | Gareth Jones, Associate Director, Corporate Finance | Julia Joseph, Associate, EU & Competition | Warsha Kalé, Associate Director, EU & Competition | Mohammed Kamal, Partner, Head of Dubai Office | Philippe Kamarowsky, Counsel, Finance, Germany | Lena Kantaria, Associate, Real Estate | Matvey Kaploukhiy, Head of Group, Corporate / M&A | Alexis Karim, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance | Mark Kaye, Senior Associate, Employment | Taymour Keen, Associate, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Alexander Keepin, Partner, Corporate Finance & Co-Head of Mining | Helen Kemp, Parliamentary Agent, Snr Associate, Planning | Simon Kenley, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Sharon Kennedy, Associate Director, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Sarah Key, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Roman Khodykin, Partner, International Arbitration | Oleg Khokhlov, Partner, Banking and Finance | Tatiana Khovanskaya, Associate Director, Real estate & construction | Tessa Kimber, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Laura King, Associate, Real Estate | William Kipling, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Shirleen Kirk, Associate, Real Estate Disputes | James Knox, Partner, Real Estate | Peter Knust, Senior Associate, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Stephan Krampe, Partner, Tax, Germany | Jonathan Kropman, Partner, Head of Private Client | Rustam Kurmaev, Partner, Dispute Resolution | Isabelle Laborde, Associate Director, Planning & Environment | Geraldine Laing, Associate Director, Construction & Engineering | Joanna Lampert, Partner, Real Estate Disputes | Paul Langford, Associate Director, TMT, Know-How | Nick Larkman, Associate, Commerical Dispute Resolution | Alex Latner, Partner, Corporate Finance | Emma Lawrenson, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Simon Leaf, Associate, Commercial, IT & Outsourcing | Marie Lecrenier, Avocat à la Cour, Corporate | Benjamin Lee, Partner, Co-head of Corporate Finance | David Leibowitz, Partner, Restructuring & Insolvency | Priya Lele, Process Improvement Lawyer | Anthony Lennox, Partner, Head of Insurance/Reinsurance | Karen Leung, Associate, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Mark Lewis, Partner, Head of Commercial | Luke Liberda, Associate, Asset Finance* | Sergey Likhachev, Associate Director, Tax Practice | Charles Lilley, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Dax Lim, Associate, Corporate Finance | Andrew Little, Partner, Hotels | Marina Litvak, Senior Associate, Asset Finance | Ciaran Londra, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Jo Longley, Associate, Corporate Finance | Marie-Claire Lowry, Associate, Commercial Real Estate and Hotels | Jue Jun Lu, Associate, International Arbitration | Junwei Lu, Associate, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Jeanette Lui, Associate, Projects | Anne-Marie Lusty, Principal Knowledge Development Lawyer | Clarissa Lyons, Associate, Private Client & Charities | Lucy MacArthur, Associate, Investment Management | Robert MacGregor, Partner, Chairman | Lynn MacKay, Process Improvement Lawyer | Dylan Mackenzie, Partner, Corporate Finance | Antoine A Maggiar, Consultant, Corporate Finance | Adrian Magnus, Partner, EU & Competition | Minay Mahidharia, Associate, Corporate Finance | Bonnie Mahler, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Vatslav Makarskiy, Associate, EU & Competition | Reshmi Manekporia, Associate Director (Barrister), Private Client | Melissa Manski, Associate, Commercial | Akhil Markanday, Partner, Real Estate Disputes | James Marshall, Senior Associate, EU & Competition | Elasah Mastin, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Cathy Mattis, Head of Process Improvement | Amy Maxwell, Associate, Asset Finance | Lisa Mayhew, Partner, Head of Employment | Bob Maynard, Partner, Contentious Construction | Sarah McAtominey, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | David McCarthy, Associate Director, Insurance/Reinsurance | Catherine McGrath, Associate, Employment | Seamus McGrenera, Associate Director, Real Estate | Marilyn McKeever, Associate Director, Private Client | Gordon McMillan, Associate, Real Estate Finance | Claire McNamara, Associate Director, Head of LDR Know-How | Lizzie Mead, Senior Associate, Employment | Liron Meister, Senior Associate, Investment Management | Julia-Didon Meli-Cayre, Senior Associate, International Arbitration | Claus Merten, Of Counsel, Real Estate, Germany | Michael Metliss, Partner, Real Estate Disputes | Roger Milburn, Senior Associate, Int Arbitration & Commercial Disputes | Wendy Miller, Partner, Co-Head of Real Estate Disputes | Ruth Miller, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Paul Miller, Partner, Corporate Finance | Giselle Mills, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Claire Milton, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Elizabeth Mircica, Associate, Asset Finance | Stella Mitchell, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Hanns-William Mülsch, Partner, Real Estate, Germany | Katie Moghadam, Associate, Investment Management | Rebecca Moore, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Stephen Moore, Associate, Real Estate Finance | David Moore, Associate, Corporate Finance | Melissa Moriarty, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Andrew Morris, Associate, Banking | Jonathan Morris, Partner, Corporate Finance | Ami Morrison, Associate, Asset Finance | Claire Mowbray, Knowledge Development Lawyer | Vitaly Mozharowski, Partner, Commercial Real Estate & Construction | Carol Mulcahy, Partner, International Arbitration | Brian Mulkerrins, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance | Alexander Muravin, Associate, EU & Competition | Nicholas Myatt, Partner, Corporate Finance | Julie Myers, Formalities Department Manager, Intellectual Property | Sidney Myers, Partner, Head of Financial Regulation | Tracey Hawksley, Senior Associate, Private Client | Jon Nair, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance | Nomita Nair, Partner, Projects | Samant Narula, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Andrey Neminuschiy, Associate, EU & Competition | David Neuhoff, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Victoria Newbold, Associate, EU & Competition | David Newton, Consultant, Technology, Media & Telecoms | Jennifer Ng, Associate, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong* | Murray North, Partner, Private Client | Rachel Nottingham, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Kate Novak, Senior Associate, Employment | David Nunn, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Rosalind Nuttall, Senior Associate, Planning | Eimear O'Brien, Associate, Financial Regulation | Jamie Ogilvie, Associate, Investment Management | Justine Oldale, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Matt Oliver, Associate (Australian Solicitor), Corporate Finance | Nichola O'Reilly, Associate, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Chris Ormond, Knowledge Development Lawyer, Investment Management | Nikki O'Sullivan, Senior Associate, International Arbitration | Segun Osuntokun, Partner, Banking Disputes | John Overs, Partner, Corporate Tax | Catherine Overton, Senior Associate, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Neil Owen, Partner, Insurance/Reinsurance | Martin Paisner CBE, Partner,Private Client | Pierluigi Pagliuca, Associate, Real Estate | Harold Paisner, Senior Partner, Corporate Finance | Marc Palley, Partner, Banking | Anton Panchenkov, Head of Group, Corporate/M&A Practice | Sara Paradisi, Associate, Construction & Engineering | David Parker, Senior Associate, Insurance/Reinsurance | James Parker, Associate Director, Planning & Environment | David Parkin, Consultant, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Katie Parkinson, Associate, Construction and Engineering | Philip Parrott, Associate, Construction and Engineering | Jane Parsons, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Carly Parsons, Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency | Laura Patao-Caminas, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance | Alan Paul, Senior Consultant, Corporate Finance | Christopher Peacock, Associate, EU & Competition | Clive Pearce, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Marcus Pearl, Partner, Commercial,Outsourcing | Matthew Peel, Senior Associate, Real Estate | Eleanor Penton, Senior Associate, Real Estate Finance | Emma Perring, Senior Associate, Planning & Environment | Shelley Peston, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Charlotte Pham, Senior Associate, TMT, Commercial,Outsourcing | Simon Phelps, Partner, Private Client | Kent Phillips, Partner, International Arbitration | Andressa Pimentel, Assistant Formalities and Billing Clerk | Leticia Pinamang, Senior Associate, Real Estate Finance | Giles Pink, Associate Director, Planning | Hannah Place, Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency | Simon Pollock, Partner, Investment Management | Michael Polonsky, Partner, International Arbitration | Matthew Poole, Senior Associate, Tax | Katherine Pope, Senior Associate, Employment | Caroline Pope, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Maksim Popov, Associate Director, Real estate & construction | Eleanor Porter, Senior Associate, Employment | Richard Power, Partner, International Arbitration & Commercial Disputes | Nileena Premchand, Associate, Investment Management

• Dr. Thomas Prüm, Partner, Finance, Germany | Nick Pryor, Knowledge Development Lawyer,Disputes | Tim Pugh, Partner, Planning & Environment | Monica Pukall, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Dimple Purohit, Associate, Corporate Finance | Manoj Purushothaman, Senior Associate, Corporate | Annabel Pyke, Knowledge Development Lawyer | Tamara Quinn, Consultant, Intellectual Property | Jaymine Rana, Associate, Asset Finance | Claire Randall, Senior Associate, Private Client | Tariq Rasheed, Partner, Derivatives & Derivatives Clearing | Clare Reeve, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Daisy Reeves, Partner, Banking | Mark Richards, Partner, Head of Projects & Infrastructure | Gary Richards, Partner, Tax | Hannah Rickard, Junior Associate, Real Estate | Alison Riddle, Senior Associate, Investment Management | Kimberly Roberts, Associate, Construction & Engineering | David Robertson, Partner, Construction & Engineering | Eva Robertson-Tselepi, Junior Associate, Real Estate | David Robins, Senior Resident Partner, Hong Kong* | Peter Robinson, Partner | Andrew Rose, Partner, Insurance/Reinsurance | Chris Rowe, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Angus Roy, Associate, Real Estate | Peter Rudolf, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Emma Rumens, Assistant Formalities Clerk | Norman Russell, Partner, Pensions | Jonathan Sacher, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution | Farida Sadiq, Legal Director, Real Estate | Andrea Salsi, Associate, Finance | Andrew Sanders, Partner, Real Estate | James Sandham, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Naomi Sansom, Associate, Employment | Prashanth Satyadeva, Partner, Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Mark Saunders, Partner, Head of Energy | Oliver Saunders, Associate, Insurance/Reinsurance | Kieran Saunders, Senior Associate, Investment Management | Katy Saunders, Senior Associate, Construction and Engineering | Dr. Philipp Schaefer Mag. iur., Senior Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Paul Severs, Partner, Head of Structured Debt & Capital Markets | Lee Sharma, Associate, Corporate Finance | Simon Sharp, Senior Associate, Real Estate Finance | Richard Shaw, Partner, Commercial & Outsourcing | Paul Shaw, Senior Associate, Tax | Graham Shear, Partner, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Karen Sheehan, Trusts and Estates Consultant, Private Client | Catherine Shirley, Partner, Corporate Finance | Tina Siebenhaar, Counsel, Real Estate, Germany | Sam Silverman, Junior Associate, Real Estate | Tom Simmons, Associate (Scottish Solicitor), Investment Management | Mark Simms, Senior Associate, Real Estate | Nisha Singh, Senior Associate, Private Client | Alan Sinyor, Head of VAT | John Sipling, Partner, Real Estate | Anton Sitnikov, Partner, Head of Corporate/M&A Practice | Louise Sjosten, Associate, Corporate Finance | Nick Skea-Strachan, Partner, Hotels | Tora Smith, Associate,Private Client& Charities | Tim Smith, Partner, Planning & Environment | Georgia Snaith, Associate Director, Real Estate Finance | Rashpal Soomal, Associate Director, Real Estate Disputes | Simon Spells, Senior Associate, Asset Finance | Anastasiya Speranskaya, Associate Director, Corporate/M&A Practice | Sam Spivack, Associate, Real Estate | Julian Stanier, Partner, Corporate Finance | Clare Stanmore, Senior Trade Mark Attorney, Intellectual Property | Jenny Steer, Associate, Employment | Keith Stella, Partner, Corporate Finance | Jeremy Stephen, Senior Associate, Real Estate Disputes | Aaron Stephens, Partner, Corporate Crime & Investigations | Joanne Stern, Senior Associate, Pensions | Elizabeth Stonebank, Associate, Construction and Engineering | Andrew Street, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Gareth Stringer, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Hannah Summerfield, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Tim Sumner, Senior Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Justin Sun, Partner, Asset Finance | Emma Sutcliffe, Associate, Planning & Environment | Iain Suttie, Associate Director, Construction & Engineering | Oliver Swerdlow, Associate, Real Estate | Michael Tam, Partner, Michael Tam & Co, Hong Kong | Mukhtiar Tanda, Partner, Real Estate & Urban Development | Stephanie Taylor, Trade Mark Attorney, Intellectual Property | Sophie Taylor, Principal Knowledge Development Lawyer, Restructuring & Insolvency | Vladimir Tchikine, Partner, Customs, Tax & Foreign Exchange | Angelene Teo, Associate, Finance | Juliet Thomas, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Delyth Thomas, Knowledge Advisor, EU & Competition | Jackie Thomas, Knowledge Development Lawyer, Employment | Nicola Thompson, Associate, Construction & Engineering | Elizabeth Thompson, Associate Director, Real Estate Know-how | Aidan Thomson, Partner, Environment | Rupert Ticehurst, Partner, Private Client | Rebecca Timms, Knowledge Development Lawyer, EU & Competition | Evgeny Timofeev, Partner, Head of Russian Tax / CIS | Neal Todd, Partner, Corporate Tax | Marius Toime, Partner, Projects | Sheridan Treger, Senior Associate, Planning & Environment | Ian Trehearne, Consultant, Planning & Environment | Marc Trottier, Partner, Restructuring & Insolvency | Elena Trusova, Partner, Commercial Disputes | Catherine Turner, Senior Associate, Employment | Adam Turner, Associate Director, Employment Know-how | Janet Turner QC, Head of Charities, Private Client | Andrew Tuson, Senior Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Jonathan Ufland, Associate, Real Estate | Jennifer Varley, Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Sarah Verblow, Consulting Associate, Intellectual Property | Ekaterina Verle, Head of group, Real estate & construction | Ivan Veselov, Head of Group, Dispute Resolution | Naveen Vijh, Partner, Head of Real Estate Finance | Nikolay Voznesenskiy, Partner, EU & Competition | Kunal Vyas, Senior Associate, Tax | Usman Wahid, Partner, TMT, Commercial,Outsourcing | Sarah Walker, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Nigel Ward, Partner, Asset Finance | Sarah Ward, Senior Associate, EU & Competition | Natalie Wardle, Senior Associate, Construction & Engineering | Ian Waring, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Claire Watson, Partner, Real Estate Finance | Freddy Webber, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Chris Webber, Senior Associate, Commercial Dispute Resolution | Nicola Weighill, Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Alfred Weightman, Associate, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure | Michelle Wein, Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate | Richard Werner, Partner, Corporate Finance | Benjamin Wheeler, Senior Associate, Commercial | Paul Whitehead, Partner, Private Client
• Dr.Kirsten-Inger Wöhrn, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Jessica Wickham, Associate, Planning & Environment | Alan Wight, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Louis Wihl, Associate, Commercial, IT & Outsourcing | Laura Wild, Senior Associate, Commercial Real Estate | Carly Williams, Junior Associate, Real Estate Disputes | Nathan Willmott, Partner, Financial Services Investigations | Jamie Wiseman-Clarke, Partner, Asset Finance | Michael Wistow, Partner, Head of Tax | Lilian Wohlfahrt, Associate, Real Estate, Germany | Victoria Wolf, Associate, Corporate Tax | Joseph Wong, Associate, Real Estate Finance | Catherine Wylie, Associate, EU & Competition | Andrew Yates, Partner, Commercial Real Estate | Adriana zur Nedden, Counsel, Finance, Germany

Former Staff

• Brenda Stern (also director of the British American Project)

Paid political advisers

• Jonathan Mendelsohn

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'.

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

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

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Resources

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