Pinsents promotes as income hits £362.2m
INTERNATIONAL law firm Pinsent Masons has announced global turnover of £362.2m in its unaudited finanical results for the financial year 2014/15 – up 12% on the previous 12 months.
This follows a year of expansion for the firm which plans to open offices in Sydney and Melbourne, before making up a record 29 partners to take its partnership to above 400, including Andy Phillips in the corporate team in Manchester.
Other recent appointments in the city include new hires Claire Edwards,legal director in commercial, and Claire Gregory, legal director in environmental.
The office also promoted a record number of 13 senior Associate and associates last month as the team in Manchester continues to develop.
Standout mandates in which the Manchester office has been involved include advising Sun Capital and TDR on the acquisition of the Keepmoat group, acting for Equistone on the buy out of Travel Counsellors, advising the shareholders of Sykes Cottages on the sale to Living Bridge, advising The Co-opon the sale of Sunwin Services Group to Cardtronics and advising on the disposal of Burnt Tree Vehicle Solutions to Enterprise Rent-a-Car.
Pinsent Masons managing partner John Cleland said: “It has been a positive year in which we have reaped the rewards of several significant investments we have made over a number of years.
“The McGrigors merger, new offices in Paris, Munich and Istanbul, and significant lateral hires into Asia and the Middle East have all played their part. The partners, and in particular David Ryan, take credit for having developed a fantastic platform for success.
Head of Manchester office Helen Ridge said: “It has been a very positive year in which we have helped a number of our clients in the region achieve their commercial ambitions at home and abroad.
“We are pleased that our clients continue to value having a truly international law firm, with deep sector specialism, on their doorstep. We have experienced rapid growth in the last 12 months across all our teams in the Manchester office, and with new hires and a significant number of promotions, we are going from strength to strength.”
Meanwhile, the following people have achieved senior associate promotions: Amie Norris (corporate), Tim Fearn (banking), Louise Kappes (restructuring), Zoe Betts (regulatory), Jo Seed (litigation), Stephanie Hewson (projects), Matthew Rowlands (property) and Stuart McCann (property litigation).
The were also associate promotions for Andy Batty (construction), Sarah Jay (banking), Simon Stubbs (projects), David Herbert (property), Rose Macadie (commercial).
