Tom Leman
Partner, Head of Retail & Consumer
Retail & Consumer
From household names to high-growth disruptors, we help retail and consumer brands thrive - navigating complexity, unlocking opportunity, and building the legal foundations for sustainable success.
Recognised by Chambers and Legal 500, we advise leading retail and consumer brands including Tesco, Google, Meta, Unilever, Heineken, and Harrods. Our support spans cyber and data protection, M&A, real estate, strategic partnerships, supply chains, brand protection, disputes, and energy procurement. We guide high-growth businesses from Series A funding through to exits via trade sales, private equity, and IPOs, with clients such as Huel, Sweaty Betty, Trinny London, and Charlotte Tilbury.
Our team advises on daily operations and strategic initiatives, including store portfolios, logistics, staffing, trading law, employment, immigration, IP, and branding. We also support global expansion, joint ventures, licensing, franchising, and regulatory compliance.
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Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons in Paris advised La Banque Postale and Bpifrance in connection with the financing of the repowering of two wind farms (Marsanne and Grand Bois) owned by funds managed by Octopus Energy Generation, for an amount exceeding €83 million.
Pinsent Masons advises INDY Cinema on its acquisition by VERSANT
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised international cinema technology business INDY Cinema (INDY) on its acquisition by New York-based VERSANT, an industry-changing media and entertainment company.
Pinsent Masons and Central Saint Martins unveil new exhibition celebrating emerging artists
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons, in collaboration with the world-renowned art and design college Central Saint Martins (CSM), University of the Arts London has announced the winner of its inaugural Prize celebrating emerging creative talent at an exhibition at its London headquarters, Crown Place.
