Pinsent Masons crowned firm of the year by The Lawyer

Pinsent Masons has been named law firm of the year at an awards ceremony hosted by The Lawyer in London.

A panel of in-house general counsel, The Lawyer Hot 100 alumni and managing partners of major international firms recognised the firm’s achievements over the past year.

The judges commended the expansion of the firm’s revenue streams outside of traditional legal services, as well as its desire to lead on gender economy and the gender pay gap.

Senior partner Richard Foley said: “Our focus at Pinsent Masons remains on how we do what we do. Our values, our culture and our responsible business programme have never been more important, and the level of engagement around those programmes both within the business, and from our client base, is at its highest ever.

“We’ve expanded globally by investing in three new offices, and also invested in how we deliver legal services by prioritising how best to combine people, processes and technology to deliver legal services in a different and better way.

“We are living through an era of disruption with our clients, so how we behave and how bold we are prepared to be in challenging the status quo has never been more important to them. Our financial results, year-after-year, are evidence of the benefit of investing in being an organisation that clients enjoy working with.”

Pinsent Masons recently reported its 2017/18 financial results, achieving a 10 per cent increase in fees billed.

The firm’s total global turnover for the year stood at £449.8 million, representing turnover growth of over 40 per cent and profit growth of 60 per cent over the past five years.