News About Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons set to cut roles in Germany

Cuts to affect 14 equity partners and all three German offices, according to reports

11 Feb 2025

Osborne Clarke strengthens IP and disputes team with trio of new partners

Joiners arrive from Hausfeld, Pinsent Masons and Gowling WLG

7 Jan 2025

Addleshaw Goddard secures corporate trio in London from Pinsent Masons

Firm recruits corporate finance and M&A duo alongside US securities specialist from UK rival

29 Nov 2024

Pinsent Masons recruits from Barclays for firm’s first transformation director

Neil Green’s arrival follows hiring of chief technology officer Tracey McDermott earlier in the year

18 Nov 2024

As firms celebrate UK Pro Bono Work, lawyers increase their volunteering efforts

Week of events taking place up and down country to celebrate The Power of Pro Bono

4 Nov 2024

Greenberg Traurig adds arbitration partner trio in London from Pinsent Masons

Pinsents' former international arbitration co-head Jason Hambury joins with Gurmukh Riyat and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall

20 Sep 2024

DLA Piper launches legal delivery centre in Germany with Pinsent Masons duo

Partners Michael Zollner and Carl Renner join having co-headed Pinsents’ flexi-lawyering arm Vario in Germany

2 Sep 2024

Pinsents grows turnover 7% to nearly £650m as PEP stays flat

PEP dips slightly to £793k after substantial gains over last three years

8 Aug 2024

Hogan Lovells, Pinsents shepherd NatWest’s acquisition of Metro Bank mortgage portfolio

Hogan Lovells advises Metro Bank on £2.4bn cash sale

29 Jul 2024

Partial win for Moderna in Covid-19 vaccine patent battle with Pfizer and BioNTech

Freshfields, Taylor Wessing and Powell Gilbert advise on closely watched London High Court dispute

4 Jul 2024

Pinsent Masons joins junior salary war, ups NQ pay to £97k

Five percent increase puts UK firm ahead of rivals including Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds Sutherland and Bird & Bird

30 May 2024

Bayer loses appeal at UK court over its blockbuster blood thinner drug

Decision upholds earlier ruling revoking patent covering the drug Xarelto, further clearing way for generic manufacturers to enter the lucrative market

29 May 2024

Pinsent Masons makes up 22 in latest partner promotions round

Cohort evenly split between men and women sees UK firm exceed 500 partners

2 Apr 2024

Pinsent Masons seeks ‘lasting change’ after inquest into partner’s death sparks mental health debate

Details of circumstances surrounding death of Vanessa Ford led to outcry over pressures lawyers face at work

6 Mar 2024

DLA Piper signs up Pinsent Masons’ London office head

Andrew Sackey joins DLA Piper’s corporate crime and investigations team

29 Feb 2024

Pinsent Masons launches emissions advice programme for SME suppliers

Scheme run in association with social enterprise Heart of the City intended to help suppliers achieve net-zero targets

28 Feb 2024

Gowling WLG boosts corporate offering with London partner hire from Pinsent Masons

Corporate insurance and de-risking specialist Madhu Jain joins after five years at Pinsents

19 Jan 2024

DWF continues Dubai expansion with finance partner hire from Pinsent Masons

UK firm makes seventh regional hire in past 12 months as it ramps up Middle East presence

10 Jan 2024

UK to join Hague 2019 convention on international enforcement of judgments

Disputes lawyers welcome step as vital post-Brexit measure to protect English law’s status

24 Nov 2023

Pinsent Masons expands Dublin IP practice with new lead

Data specialist Maureen Daly joins from Beauchamps as Pinsents moves to build Europe tech and science sector offering

13 Nov 2023