Pinsent Masons

This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch.

Background

Pinsent Masons is an international law firm, which is ranked as one of the UK's top 20 firms.

Current activities

Lobbying government

Public Policy is the public affairs division of Pinsent Masons, providing 'tailored strategic public affairs advice on the business implications of legislation and regulation from Westminster and Whitehall, the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government and the EU'. It is headed by Alastair Ross.

Advising on nuclear deals

Pinsents advised on UK nuclear company AMEC's - acquisition of Serco's nuclear services business in June 2012. Their team was led by Helen Ridge and Anna Whetham and included Amie Norris, Jon Robinson and Phil Birchall. According to Masons' press release:

Helen Ridge commented "We are delighted to have supported AMEC again on a strategic acquisition as it continues to expand its clean energy business".

Iain Clarkson, Vice President Finance, AMEC Power Process Europe added "Pinsent Masons have yet again been an integral part of our team providing pragmatic commercial advice and supporting us to deliver the deal on time".

Clients

• Nugeneration Limited, a private consortium that wants to build a new nuclear power station near Sellafield
• AMEC - Pinsents advised on AMEC's acquisition of Serco nuclear services business in June 2012

Affiliations

• Nuclear Industry Association - member

Contact, Resources and Notes

Contact

Pinsent Masons has offices in Aberdeen; Belfast; Birmingham; Edinburgh; Leeds; London; Manchester; Munich; Paris; Istanbul; Dubai; Qatar; Beijing; Hong Kong; Shanghai and Singapore.

Address:30 Crown Place,

Earl Street, London,

Greater London, UK EC2A 4ES

Phone: (020) 7418 7000

Website:Website : www.pinsentmasons.com