Laura Cameron

The international law firm said the results were unaudited.

During the year, Pinsent Masons advised Heidelberg Materials UK on a project described as the world’s first fully decarbonised cement production facility and Poundland on its major restructuring plan.

Other mandates included advising Huel on a transaction with multinational food and beverage group Danone, AIM-listed Idox on its takeover by Long Path Partners and the University of Greenwich on its merger with the University of Kent.

The firm also advised Royal London Asset Management Property on its £197 million acquisition of Fradley Park in Lichfield and advised on a joint venture delivering the multi-billion-dollar Jubail Buraydah water transmission project.

Pinsent Masons expanded its international presence during the year by establishing an office in Warsaw, opening an international delivery centre in Cape Town and forming a joint venture with a Chinese commercial law firm.

It made 27 lateral hires and promoted 23 lawyers to its partnership.

The firm also established an Innovation & Change Board and launched technology products including REcapture, designed to support data-led decision-making in real estate transactions, and Portana, which aims to streamline legal due diligence reporting in complex M&A transactions.

It also formed a strategic partnership with legal technology company Legora following a pilot across its corporate, employment and property practices.

The firm highlighted its pro bono work and diversity initiatives, including support for Oxfordshire Community Land Trust’s development of affordable housing and partnerships supporting refugees and social mobility.

Laura Cameron, managing partner said: “In line with our strategy to achieve global reach with unmatched sector and skillset capabilities, we have focused our last 12 months on investing in our people, premises and technology.

“We’re now ideally positioned to serve our clients today and into the future. We have the reach, technological capability and breadth of expertise to deliver something different to our clients; a law firm partner that remains focused on creating new value and achieving the greatest impact for our clients.

“These investments have included expanding our geographical footprint to enhance our cross-jurisdictional capability and efficiency. We have opened an office in Warsaw, launched an international delivery centre in Cape Town and established a joint venture with China Commercial Law firm following the launch of our Shenzhen base last year.

“We’ve also taken prestigious new premises in Manchester, Glasgow and Sydney. Our City bench strength in the UK has been bolstered by several high-profile hires to optimise our delivery of business-critical mandates, and we’ve invested heavily in our technology platforms through both the development of proprietary technologies in-house and in collaboration with vendors.”

Andrew Masraf, senior partner, said: “Our investments this year demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the core components of our sector-led strategy - sharpening our market focus, scaling our innovative delivery models and deepening our presence in the areas where our clients need us most.

“Our continued focus on providing our clients with sector expertise, scalable, technology-driven solutions and informed commercial advice has put us at the forefront of a number of market-leading mandates. To reference just one example, this year we supported Huel in their landmark sale to Danone, a significant deal for the UK’s high growth retail sector and the culmination of a decade-long relationship between our corporate team and Huel’s leadership.”