Appointments: Corporate team welcomes partner

RICHARD DEAN has joined the corporate department of Ramsdens Solicitors as a partner.

He started his career at Ramsdens in 1998 and re-joins after spending the majority of his career with two Leeds commercial law firms, latterly as an equity partner.

Mr Dean brings with him more than 15 years’ experience and specialises in corporate and commercial law.

He said: “I am really pleased to be re-joining Ramsdens and look forward to working with the firm’s corporate team.  Ramsdens is such a highly respected award winning law firm with a solid commercial practice and is the ideal place to develop what I hope will be one of the strongest corporate departments within the region.”

Paul Joyce, managing partner, added: “We are delighted to welcome Richard back to Ramsdens to join to our robust corporate team.  Richard’s arrival, which follows the recent merger with Baxter Caulfield, reflects our ongoing ambition to expand our capabilities across the region and his appointment will help further cement our growing commercial practice.”