Leiza Bladd-Symms

Partner | Corporate

About

In a career spanning two decades and incorporating both private practice and a senior in-house role, Leiza’s has developed extensive expertise in crossborder and domestic corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, the establishing of corporate investment structures and in the general provision of corporate and commercial legal advice for large corporates.

  • Over the last ten years, Leiza’s practice has evolved a critical focus on supporting multinational corporate groups in the legal substantiation of transfer pricing compliance. Collaborating closely with tax and transfer pricing advisors on the drafting, implementation, and ongoing management of intercompany agreements and in associated areas such as supply chain restructuring, debt simplification, and corporate reorganization, Leiza has built a unique and market-leading international practice that delivers comprehensive and effective legal solutions to an industry-diverse and global client base.

    Beyond her immediate practice, Leiza is a recognized international speaker, regularly presenting at conferences and delivering workshops and webinars to legal, tax, and compliance professionals worldwide. She was shortlisted for the Transfer Pricing Lawyer of the Year at the Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2023 and was a leading Partner in the in the UK team which was shortlisted as “Boutique Law Firm of the Year” in 2021, and which won the Law Society award for “Excellence in Legal Services” in 2020 and the Lexis Nexis award for “International Law Firm of the Year” in 2023.

    Leiza divides her time between the firm’s London and Boston offices.


Practices

  • Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring, and Reorganization

  • Communications & Media

  • Commercial Transactions

  • Emerging Companies

  • International Trade

  • Latin America

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Opinions

  • Private Client Services

  • Private Investment Funds

  • Technology

Admissions

  • England and Wales

  • Foreign Legal Consultant Massachusetts


Education

  • Oxford University, BA (Hons) in Jurisprudence, 2003

Experience

  • LCN Legal

  • A J Walter Aviation Limited

  • Clyde & Co LLP

  • Linklaters