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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is an international, fully integrated, 1,275-lawyer AmLaw100 law firm with offices in 31 locations across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Built from the start to be ‘one firm’ with high connectivity and client facing culture, the new firm is known for its relationship-driven and collaborative spirit. It also capitalises on the heritage of both legacy firms’ reputation for industry-shaping innovation. Now 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.

BCLP’s client base includes publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, emerging companies, not-for-profit organisations, government entities and individuals. 35% of Fortune 500 companies rely on the firm to protect their interests and support their critical business needs and 30 of the world’s top 50 banks have relied on BCLP. The cumulative deal value of real estate projects the firm has advised on in the last two years exceeds $75bn.


BCLP has been named the “World’s Most Innovative Law Firm” multiple times by leading legal publications and institutions on both sides of the Atlantic because we continually strive to deliver top-quality legal services in a novel manner. Collaboratively, BCLP’s in-house technologists, process engineers, legal operations specialists, data analysts, and lawyers, drive efficiency by embedding technology, process improvement, and right-sourced labour into every aspect of the legal services we provide to our clients.


BCLP was named a winner in Law.com’s 2023 International Legal Innovation Awards in the category of Knowledge Management Innovation. The firm was recognized for BCLP Discover, a smart search platform which provides lawyers with access to all matter documents and data over the last10 years, tagged knowledge documents, closing binders, U.S. court filings. Discover brings together a number of core systems in one place, making it easier to find and share legal resources, precedent material and expertise across BCLP, and connects document and matter information in new ways.

As the legal market continues to evolve, and client needs change with it, BCLP continues to invest in equipping our lawyers the innovation skills and behaviours needed to provide peerless client service. This includes dedicated trainee and associate secondment programmes; training in innovation skills including service design, process improvement, change management, and innovation strategy; and more. Additionally, BCLP invests significantly in trialling and adopting innovative new commercial LegalTech that materially improves the quality and cost effectiveness of our legal service delivery, including (in 2022 alone) Orbital Witness, StructureFlow, LitiGate, and Legatics, along with a pipeline of several others under evaluation.


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 30 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.


For the 15th consecutive year, BCLP earned a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate reflecting their best practice approach to diversity and policies for LGBT lawyers. This year, BCLP was recognised with the McDonald’s EMPOWER award for the firm’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. BCLP’s former UK Office Managing Partner, Segun Osuntokun, was named ‘Inspirational Leader of the Year’ at UK Ethnicity Awards 2021 and UK’s Black Powerlist 2021.


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


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

Asia offices: Hong Kong, Singapore

Middle East offices: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Tel Aviv



Contacts:

Co-Chairs: Steve Baumer

Managing Partner, London: Jinal Shah

Antitrust & Competition: Andrew Hockley

Asset Finance: Russell Clifford

Aviation: Jamie Wiseman-Clarke

Banking & Capital Markets: Emma Howdle-Fuller

Betting & Gaming: Jeremy Bark

Commercial Construction: Gareth Stringer

Commercial Contracts: Richard Shaw

Contentious Construction: Shy Jackson

Data Privacy and Security: Kate Brimsted, Geraldine Scali

Defamation and Reputation Management: Graham Shear

Employment & Labour: Adam Lambert

Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: David Dennison

Energy & Infrastructure: Adam Dann, Mark Richards, James Clarke

Financial Services: Polly James

Food, Health & Safety Law: Jeremy Bark

Fraud: Segun Osuntokun

Hotels, Hospitality and Leisure: Laura Wild

Insurance/Reinsurance: Jonathan Sacher, Anthony Lennox

Insurance Corporate Regulatory: Adam Bogdanor, Geraldine Quirk

Intellectual Property: Marcus Pearl

International Arbitration: George Burn

Investment Funds: Kieran Saunders

Licensing: Jeremy Bark

M&A and Corporate Finance: Benjamin Lee

Outsourcing: Marcus Pearl

Projects: PFI/PPP: Mark Richards

Planning: Tim Hellier

Private Equity: Simon Beddow

Real Estate: Chris de Pury, Samant Narula

Real Estate Disputes: Akhil Markanday

Real Estate Finance: Naveen Vijh

Retail and Consumer Products: Carol Osborne

Restructuring and Insolvency: Colin Ashford, Richard Obank, Mark Trottier

IT and Telecoms: Marcus Pearl

Sport: Graham Shear

Tax Corporate, International, Contentious: Elizabeth Bradley, Kate Ison

Technology & Commercial: Richard Shaw, Marcus Pearl

Transport: Russell Clifford

VAT: Alan Sinyor

Water: Aidan Thomson, Andrew Hockley

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UK - Head office
Governor’s House 5 Laurence Pountney Hill , London, Greater London, UK, EC4R 0BR

Web: www.bclplaw.com

Tel: (020) 3400 1000

Fax: (020) 3400 1111

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