Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

With English and US law capabilities, Pillsbury lawyers help clients navigate high-stakes and cross-border transactions, disputes and regulatory matters—in the United Kingdom, across Europe and throughout the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Corporate and M&A: We advise companies on a global scale, in mature and emerging markets and at every life cycle stage. In recent years, our lawyers have handled 800+ M&A transactions valued at more than £375bn and 260+ capital markets transactions worth almost £94bn, and are consistently ranked among the top-20 firms advising on these transactions by leading league tables.

Emerging companies and venture capital: We have taken shoestring startups to market-leading positions, advising on company formation, capital raises, corporate governance, technology transactions, acquisitions and public offerings. In recent years, we have completed more than £16bn in venture financings and consistently rank among the top six most active VC advisors globally.

Global finance: With lawyers embedded in the top global financial markets, we advise more than 200 financial institutions, including many of the world’s largest banks, private equity and investment funds, and other key industry stakeholders.

Energy transition and nuclear energy: We provide comprehensive guidance on the full array of energy sources, from oil and gas to solar, fixed and floating wind, hydrogen, nuclear and fusion. We practice at the forefront of the energy transition, helping clients conceptualize, structure, develop and finance innovative decarbonization transactions and projects. Our international nuclear practice is consistently ranked in the first tier, and we are at the vanguard of advanced nuclear technology. We have worked on complex projects in 75 countries across six continents.

Global sourcing: Among the largest and most experienced tech advisory practices worldwide, our team has architected more than 1,000 strategic outsourcing and technology transactions over the past 30 years, with an aggregate value exceeding £400bn. We are consistently recognized among the leading outsourcing advisors globally.

Disputes and international arbitration: Our disputes lawyers have decades of experience in some of the world’s largest, most complex, often multijurisdictional disputes. We handle international arbitrations under the rules of all the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, DIAC and ICDR, and represent clients in litigation in the London courts and elsewhere, as well as in ADR.

Data privacy and cybersecurity: Our cross-disciplinary, multinational team advises on the broad spectrum of privacy and cybersecurity considerations companies face today, both pre- and post-incident. Market leading insights, combined with an expansive network of regulatory connections, afford clients an array of resources for navigating and tackling data-related challenges.

International public policy: We regularly advise government leaders, political figures, business executives and NGO heads in relation to complex cross-border legal, commercial and policy matters, designing and implementing legal and policy solutions, including managing integrated U.S.- and Europe-based initiatives.

International trade: We are widely recognized for our sophisticated work across the UK, EU, U.S., and beyond for work relating to export controls, economic sanctions, embargoes, foreign investment controls, antiboycott controls, customs compliance, product safety/labeling, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and strategic sourcing.

Emerging markets: We help companies, governments and political leaders navigate the nexus of politics and business. Our fully integrated team is purpose-built to facilitate cross-border work in diverse markets, with vast experience in China and the Asia-Pacific region, the Indian sub-continent, Russia and the CIS states, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

Technology, media and telecoms: Our market leading team advises on a wide range of TMT related work including complex IP licensing issues, joint ventures, media production agreements and e-commerce mandates. We advise on multijurisdictional, high-value and complex matters for some of the world’s largest and most prestigious companies.
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