Pinsent Masons projects partner Martin Harman has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.

Harman, who joined legacy firm Masons' construction group in 1975 and has been a partner for 24 years, received the honour for services to international trade and the legal profession.

Harman is a director of the UK India Business Council and promotes Indian infrastructure development under joint UK/Indian government initiatives.

He is also the immediate past chairman of the UK Government's advisory group on global sports projects.

Pinsents senior partner Chris Mullen said: "Martin is making a significant contribution, not only to our business as one of the most prominent lawyers in the international construction sector, but also in a wider sense to the international business community, and it is great to see his work being recognised in this way."

Other legal figures recognised in the Honours list included retired circuit judge Mota Singh QC, one of Britain's first Asian judges, who received a knighthood for services to the administration of justice, community relations and to the voluntary sector.

Dr Mike Barlow, who currently heads up patent attorneys Fairoaks IP, was awarded an OBE for services to intellectual property law.

Barlow was head of BP International's global patents and technology law group from 1995 to 2008, and until recently was a Council member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys in the UK.

Elsewhere, Lyndy Reynolds, the former deputy head of the Government Legal Service Secretariat at the Treasury Solicitor's Department was awarded an OBE, while Melloney Poole, the deputy director of legal services and governance at Big Lottery Fund, was awarded an OBE for public service.

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