Pinsent Masons LLP's team is headed by project solutions specialist Mark Job and Anthony Bradley, who is experienced in assisting with major energy sector construction projects. In Manchester, Graham Alty has notable expertise in nuclear industry, an area in which Laura Tetlow is also an expert. A key example of the team’s work in this sector is its advising Sellafield Limited on the £20bn worth of projects at its Cumbria-based nuclear decommissioning site. Mediation and arbitration is a key area of specialism for Michael Hopkins, and Siân Hughes has experience in handling road and waste-to-energy disputes. The ‘technically excellent’ Arwyn Jones is particularly adept at handling contentious engineering and PFI matters. Other key names include Andrew Batty who provides an ’exceptional service’. Simon Stubbs left the firm in February 2024 and Helen Achilleos departed in September 2023.
Testimonials
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‘A unicorn team balanced between commercial, practical, legal and protective. Outstanding at negotiating. Personable and enjoyable to work with.’
‘Mark Job is outstanding at negotiating and remaining calm, level-headed and practical in the face of often insane untenable positions on the other side.’
Key clients
- Sellafield Limited
- Eiffage Génie Civil
Work highlights
- Advising developer TSP in a £3bn regeneration project at the former Royal Docks which will provide 7m square ft of offices, leisure and retail facilities and 6,000 homes, shaping a new community in East London.
- Advising Sellafield Limited in relation to over £20bn of capital projects at its nuclear decommissioning site in Cumbria, by far the largest and most complex nuclear site in the UK.