Education: Institutions
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 1
Contact number
(0131) 225 0000Chambers Review
Pinsent Masons has a well-known education group that provides a full suite of services, including strategic planning, IT infrastructure and international project work. The team is highly adept at assisting clients with property developments, including significant student accommodation projects. The firm is frequently instructed by higher and further education institutions in Scotland and England to advise on procurement, funding and collaborations with overseas institutions and corporations at home and abroad.
Work Highlights
- Pinsent Masons continued to act for the University of Sussex on a new 1,900-student bedroom DBFO scheme on its West Slope campus. This project is a furtherance to the East Slope project, which the firm advised the university on in 2017.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm's seamless communication between offices is fantastic.They are a really, really high-quality team."
"Pinsent Masons are definitely one of the firms out in front of everyone else."
"The firm's seamless communication between offices is fantastic.They are a really, really high-quality team."
"Pinsent Masons are definitely one of the firms out in front of everyone else."
Notable Practitioners
Chris Martin is the Scottish head pf Pinsent Masons' education department. He regularly represents higher education clients and public bodies on significant IT and data projects. He is adept at assisting with joint ventures, digital transformation schemes and the procurement aspects of network infrastructure developments.
Chris Martin regularly represents higher education clients and public bodies on significant IT and data projects. He is adept at assisting with joint ventures, digital transformation schemes and the procurement aspects of network infrastructure developments.
"Chris Martin was really good. He knew the market position for institutions and was really good at giving a feel on what is going on, and what is acceptable and what isn't in negotiations."
"His clients love him and he does some really good work with them."
Joanne McIntosh is a legal director based in Pinsent Masons Edinburgh office. She advises clients within the education sector on their current, future and emerging data and technology requirements. She is also adept at advising on commercial contracts and disputes.
"Joanne McIntosh is fantastic. What is great is that she is practical and really knows the market."