England - London • Corporate and commercial
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner houses a practice described as ‘engaging, approachable, fair and incredibly customer centric’. The team possesses a truly multifarious competition offering, regularly advising on merger control, investigations and state aid matters. The ’fantastic’ practice head Andrew Hockley – who has recently been primarily based in Sydney – has extensive experience in the regulated utilities and energy sectors. Victoria Newbold, Chris Bryant and Paul Culliford have been praised for their ‘considered and practical advice’. The London team has been bolstered by the arrival of associate Ben Bolderson, who joined from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Associate director Marieke Datema also joins the team from CMS.
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Testimonials
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‘They've addressed various competition matters for us, as well as assisting with general compliance.’
‘Vic, Paul and Chris are excellent. They deliver timely, considered and practical advice. They know our business, are accessible and make complex, technical matters understandable for the whole business.’
‘The BCLP team is engaging, approachable, fair, and incredibly customer-centric.'
'They give pragmatic and practical advice that shows that they always see you in the centre of the engagement.'
‘Andrew Hockley is fantastic. His advice helped us secure outstanding results facing one of the largest companies in the UK, who were 'armed' with multiple partners from a top-3 law firm. His advice allowed us to come prepared, negotiate freely, and identify - in real time - advantages we had in this case.'
Key clients
- easyJet
- Royal Mail Group Ltd
- Morgan Stanley
- National Grid
- Scottish Power
- Lumen Technologies
- BT
- Tesco
- Evolution Gaming Group
- Heathrow Airport Limited
- Dawsongroup
- BGC
- Thames Water
- Roadchef
- Accolade Wines
- London Stock Exchange Group
- Enterprise
Work highlights
- Advising Thames Water is connection with the ongoing Ofwat investigation into suspected breaches of licence conditions and/or statutory duties pertaining to the treatment of wastewater.
- Advised Lumen Technologies, a multinational technology company, on the merger control and investment screening aspects of its exclusive arrangement for the proposed sale of Lumen's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business to Colt Technology Services for $1.8 billion.
- Advising longstanding AIM client Kape Technologies plc on the cash offer announced by Unikmind Holdings Limited on 13 February 2023 for all the issued share capital of Kape not already owned by Unikmind.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Hockley