Berwin Leighton Paisner

Adelaide House, London Bridge

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.

Turnover

In 2012/13 BLP received £231.9 million in fees, however after expenditures, such as staff costs and operating costs, are taken away a profit of £52.4 million remains. In 2013/14 this profit rose by 26 percent to £66.3 million. In 2012/13 the company received This increase in profit was partly due to the cutting of staff and the subsequent money saved by a decrease in wages. In 2012/13 BLP paid £90.7 million in wages (£67.4 million in London), this was reduced to £87.1 million (£61.5 million in London). This increase in revenue has helped BLP to pay off £13 million in bank loans 2013/14, bringing their net debt down from £34.6 million in 2012/13 to £29.25 million in 2013/14.

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.

Banks

In February 2015 it was announced that the Swiss subsidiary of HSBC had been helping ‘wealthy clients across the world evade hundreds of pounds worth of tax’. The bank has advised around 106,000 clients from 203 countries, including around 7,000 from the UK. Because of this, they now face criminal investigations in the UK, France, Belgium and Argentina. In response to these allegations, HSBC hired Berwin Leighton Paisner and have instructed them to ‘send warning letters to the ‘’Guardian’’ in response to its inquiries’ into the tax evasion claims. Graham Shear, BLP’s London-based dispute resolution partner, was placed in charge of writing to the newspaper. As well as HSBC hiring BLP, their clients have hired law firms Mishcon de Reya, Carter-Ruck, Schillings, Harbottle & Lewis, Withers and Hill Dickinson to write to the ‘’Guardian’’.

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

• Neville Eisenberg, managing partner. An associate governor of the Hebrew University. Stepping down as managing partner in April 2015 to be replaced by Lisa Mayhew and will be replacing Martin Paisner as senior partner.
• Robert MacGregor, executive chairman
• Jonathan Kropman, head of private client. Has shared interests with Martin Paisner including; The Weizmann Institute, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, British Friends of Reuth, Pelmon Ltd and Ebury Investments.
• Anthony Grossman, head of investment managing. Has shared interests with Martin Paisner including; Stepney Jewish Clubs Settlement Limited.
• Jonathan Morris, partner. Has shared interests with Martin Paisner including; The New Israel Fund.
• Paul Whitehead, partner. Has shared interests with Martin Paisner including; The Peter Cruddas Foundation and British Friends of Meir Medical Centre.
• Lisa Mayhew, partner, head of employment. Will be replacing Neville Eisenberg as managing partner in April 2015. Was on a two-person shortlist with David Collins for the role and was considered the ‘new’ option who wanted to push through the firm’s new real estate business. Was supported by exec-chairman, MacGregor, in her bid for leadership.
• David Collins, partner, head of corporate. Was on a two-person shortlist to replace Eisenberg as managing partner. Was considered the old head and its thought he wanted to return to the former glories of the firm’s finance and corporate groups.

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.