Pinsent Masons adds ‘headline hires’ to city team – Daily Business

Global law firm Pinsent Masons has announced two partner appointments regarded as “headline hires” for the Aberdeen office.

Energy sector specialist Chris Sawyer has joined the firm’s corporate team while former Burness Paull director Gillian Harrington will lead the employment team.

Mr Sawyer has held a number of C-suite level in-house legal roles over a 20 year period with major oil and gas operators including BP, and more recently EnQuest where he was General Counsel. Ms Harrington has spent her entire career in Aberdeen and for the last six years was a director in Burness Paull’s employment team.

Pinsent Masons recently announced the promotion of Aberdeen-based HSE litigation specialist, Willie Park, to legal director.

Pinsent Masons partner and Aberdeen head of office Richard Scott said: “Both Chris and Gillian are very highly regarded in their respective fields.”