BCLP

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is an international, fully integrated, 1200+lawyer AmLaw100 law firm with offices in 32 locationsacross North America, Europe and the Middle East. BCLP’s client facing culture brings innovation and high connectivity globally and the firm is known for its relationship-driven and collaborative spirit. Since its merger in 2018, the firm has capitalised both legacy firms’ reputation for industry-shaping innovation. Structured around a series of enhanced and global capabilities, the firm offers clients one of the most active M&A, real estate, financial services, litigation, and corporate risk practices in the world.

BCLP’s expertise covers all aspects of commercial law; antitrust and competition; construction, engineering, and procurement; corporate finance; dispute resolution; employment; pensions and incentives; finance; intellectual property; private client; real estate and infrastructure; regulatory and compliance; restructuring and insolvency; and tax. With a client base that includes publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, emerging companies, not-for-profit organisations, government entities and individuals. BCLP are well positioned within the market, our London office is home to nearly 700 lawyers who act on complex projects for over 30 FTSE 100 companies and more than 50 Global Fortune 500 companies, providing quality, full-service legal advice in the City, throughout the UK and worldwide. Those cross-border projects, touching 130 countries, are delivered in close co-ordination with our other offices around the globe, and via a network of over 100 market-leading law firms in jurisdictions throughout the world.

BCLP has consistently been recognised as a leader in legal innovation, earning the title of “World’s Most Innovative Law Firm” multiple times by prominent legal publications globally. The firm’s multidisciplinary teams—including technologists, process engineers, legal operations specialists, data analysts, and lawyers—work together to embed innovative technology, process improvement, and optimized resource allocation into every facet of legal service delivery.

Our clients are at the heart of everything we do, and we invest in our client relationships to deliver long-term value. We pride ourselves on being “Client Intelligent,” meaning that we are:

• • Great listeners: Friendly, capable people who inspire confidence and build relationships that last decades. We care about client success and are invested in the long term.
  • Solution builders: We are solutions-focused; providing integrated, specialist advice across the world. We collaborate without ego to achieve the best outcome for clients.
  • Lateral thinkers: We go beyond the ordinary, connecting the dots between the law, sector and market dynamics and client goals to deliver quality, commercial advice.

In 2024, BCLP won the American Legal Technology award for our partnership with our client in developing a self-service platform empowering the client's sales force to generate leases swiftly. This year, BCLP is the recipient of two 2025 Professional Services Management Excellence Awards for developing FLARE, our Fast Lease Assisted Reporting tool, utilizing Orbital Copilot’s AI engine to generate first drafts of lease reports. BCLP remains committed to equipping our lawyers with the tools and skills necessary for delivering unparalleled client service. Our comprehensive innovation training programs include a dedicated trainee position and training at all levels in prompt engineering, process improvement, and innovation strategy. Additionally, BCLP continues to invest in pioneering LegalTech solutions such as Orbital Witness, StructureFlow and Legatics, ensuring our service delivery remains at the forefront of the legal sector and our clients can rely on us to deliver innovative solutions.

Diversity and inclusivity

BCLP brings diversity and inclusivity into every aspect of its work and culture, fostering an environment where everybody feels valued, motivated, and able to be themselves. In 2021 the firm appointed Daisy Reeves as its inaugural Global I&D Client Relationship Partner across its 31 international offices. This role is a first-of-its-kind in the legal industry – BCLP is the only firm that has a dedicated partner working pro-bono with clients to develop and collaborate around diversity efforts. Recent recognition include:

• • BCLP received two awards, Race EqualityandLGBT+ Initiative of the Year AwardsatThe Women and Diversity in Law 2025.
  • Daisy Reeves received an award for the Best 'LGBTQ+ Initiative' at the 2025 Legal 500 UK Awards.
  • BCLP has achieved a 100% on the HRC's Corporate Equality Index on the 2024-2025 index.

Website

www.bclplaw.com

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/bryan-cave-leighton-paisner-llp/

Principal areas of work

Corporate

• • Employee benefits and executive compensation
  • Funds and investment management
  • International trade
  • M&A and corporate finance
  • Finance
  • Outsourcing and business services
  • Private equity
  • Public policy and government affairs
  • Securities and corporate governance
  • Tax advice and controversy
  • Technology and commercial

Finance

• • Banking
  • Financial regulation
  • Fintech
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Structured finance
  • Transport and asset finance

Litigation and Corporate Risk

• • Antitrust and competition
  • Class actions
  • Commercial disputes
  • Construction disputes
  • Cyber security and data protection
  • Employment and labour
  • Financial regulation
  • Intellectual property
  • International arbitration
  • Investigations and white-collar
  • Product liability

Real Estate

• • Commercial construction and engineering
  • Commercial real estate
  • Leasing and corporate services
  • Planning and environment
  • Real estate private equity and investments
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate tax
  • Real estate development
  • Real estate and construction disputes
  • Real estate structuring and insolvency
  • Real estate funds

Key Sector Areas

• Energy Transition
• Financial Institutions
• Food and Agribusiness
• Real Estate
• Sports and Entertainment

UK offices: London, Manchester, Southampton

US offices: Atlanta, Boulder, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Denver, Irvine, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, and Washington.

Europe offices: Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Paris

Middle East offices: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Tel Aviv