Key People

• Nick Mason, partner, commercial disputes
• Mark Owen, partner, property
• Philip Ashworth, partner, corporate & commercial
• Steven Berry, director, property
• Claire Brook, partner, head of planning
• Kate Buckham, director, pensions
• Jocelyn Denton, director, planning
• Jackie Gray, director, public services
• Caroline Hedges, director, wealth management
• Dean Larder, partner, construction & waste
• Alistair Scott-Somers, director, corporate & commercial

Dickinson Dees LLP is a leading commercial law firm which has an office in Leeds. It is a firm on the growth trail having moved to Leeds in 2012 which will see it increase its portfolio of clients following several successful years in York.

The firm employs more than 650 people across its five offices in the North East, Yorkshire and London. It advises both the public and private sectors on all matters relating to corporate and commercial transactions, property and litigation, as well as acting for private individuals. It counts amongst its client base public and private companies, Government Departments and public sector organisations, together with high net worth individuals.

Within weeks of the announcement of the move from York to Leeds, Dickinson Dees was appointed as a legal adviser to Leeds City College. The college joins a number of other high-profile Yorkshire clients, including the University of York, Yorkshire Bank and Augean Waste.

Types of work undertaken:

Dickinson Dees is a full service law firm that can deliver on all the issues its clients face as an organisation or an individual. The firm advises a wide range of clients, on a local, national and global scale, and their work ranges from smaller transactions for locally based companies to some of the largest and most complex deals handled outside the City. Last year Dickinson Dees advised
on over 100 transactions worth over £2.3 billion.

Traditionally strong in corporate mergers / acquisitions and real estate work, Dickinson Dees offers a very broad range of services and has become increasingly recognised for its reputation in pensions, transport, waste and renewables, and wealth management for high net worth individuals.

Notable deals

London & Birmingham Railway Limited – Advising on £130 million manufacture, leasing and maintenance of two new fleets of rolling stock

Attends Healthcare Limited – Advising on €180 million sale to Domtar Corporation

Southern Railway Limited – Advising on £188 million procurement of 130 new Electrostar rolling stock vehicles and related amendments to franchise agreement

Vivimed Labs Spain SA – Advising on $55.6 million purchase of Union Quimico Farmaceutica S.A.U and
Holliday International Limited