Pinsent Masons is one of the region's top international commercial law firms with over 269 partners, more than 1000 lawyers providing a full range of first-class, commercial legal services, acting for many of the region's most significant companies and institutions.

Pinsent Masons has UK offices in Birmingham, London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester. Internationally, the firm has offices in Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore.

We rank in the top 3 law firms advising AIM clients, the top 10 advising small cap/fledgling and FTSE 250 clients and the top 15 advising FTSE 100 clients.

We also have a significant public sector practice including acting for numerous central government departments, executive agencies, housing associations and over 100 local authorities. We advise more than 53 public healthcare organisations and more than a quarter of UK universities.

Through our international alliance with Salans we cover 16 jurisdictions across Europe, the Gulf and the Far East.

Recent awards include:

• Caring Company Award 2011 - Community Business Awards
• ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security) British Standards Institute (BSI) 2011 - Accreditation
• Most Effective Diversity Programme 2011 - The Lawyer HR Awards
• Law Firm Innovation Award ( for our pioneering project: HR Network TV) 2010 - British Legal Awards
• Law Firm of the Year (16+ Partners ) 2010 - Birmingham Law Society
• West Midlands Community Impact Team Award 2010 - Business in The Community
• Construction Law Firm of the Year 2010 - Who's Who Legal

Contact:
Greg Lowson, Head of Birmingham Office
Pinsent Masons LLP
3 Colmore Circus
Birmingham
B4 6BH

Email: Greg.Lowson@PinsentMasons.com
Tel: 0121 625 3050
www.pinsentmasons.com