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

• Associate member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - paid £2500 fee (registered December 2013)
• British American Project - past sponsor
• Centre for European Reform
• Defence Manufacturers Association
• Public Private Partnership Forum
• Member of the UK Defence Forum

Lobbying firms retained

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

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
• 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

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 BLPis 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.