Pinsent Masons

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Pinsent Masons
Pinsent Masons logo.svg
HeadquartersCrown Place
London, EC2
United Kingdom
No. of offices29
No. of employees3500 [1]
Revenue £680 million (2024/25) [2]
Date founded1769
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website www.pinsentmasons.com

Pinsent Masons LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London. The firm has been described as a leading UK legal brand [3] and ranks among the top hundred law firms in the world by turnover. [4] It has 500 employees in London and around 1,900 legal staff globally. [5]

The firm has used generative AI in its work, [6] and in 2026 referred itself to the Solicitors Regulation Authority after a public judicial admonition for AI misuse. [7]

History

Pinset Masons now has 29 offices across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. [8] It is the product of a series of mergers between firms including Pinsent & Co, Masons, Simpson Curtis, Biddle & Co, L'Estrange & Brett and McGrigors. Its oldest mergee firms were established in 1769. The firm now focusses on providing legal services in the sectors of financial services, technology, science, real estate, and energy and infrastructure. [9] Its clients include large corporations and firms, for example Balfour Beatty [10] and E.ON. [11]

The firm's board is led by a senior partner, who since 2026 has been John Maciver, a Scots lawyer. [12]

Vario is its freelance contract lawyer service. [13] In 2015 Pinset Masons acquired a majority stake in Cerico, an online compliance business. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Pinsent Masons | People".
  2. ↑ https://www.pinsentmasons.com/about-us/announcements/pinsent-masons-announces-fy24-25-results.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Global 100 2024: Main table". Legal Business. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Business, Legal. "Global 100 2017 – Main Table" . legalbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2016.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "People". Pinsent Masons. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ SenGupta, Reena (22 September 2023). "Generative AI: a legal revolution is coming — eventually". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Hyde, John (26 May 2026). "Pinsents refers itself to SRA over AI failures". Law Gazette. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Pinsent Masons to open first African office". African Law & Business. 2 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Richard Foley: leadership changes won't shift sector focus at Pinsent Masons". LegalWeek.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Balfour Beatty appoints Pinsent Masons as sole advisor on Retained Work".
  11. ↑ Beioley, Kate (3 October 2013). "Pinsent Masons beats 40 firms to win sole legal provider contract for Eon". The Lawyer .
  12. ↑ "Pinsent Masons elects Scottish lawyer John Maciver as senior partner". Scottish Legal News. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Pinsent Masons to launch freelance lawyer service | Managing Partner". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Manning, Jonathon (18 September 2015). "Pinsent Masons' Richard Masters: Our tech product Cerico is taking on the world". The Lawyer .
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