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Hill Dickinson Achieves Top Tier Industry Recognition and Over £1.2bn of Corporate Deals Chester’s leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson continues to clock up achievements as it further enhances its client offering and range of expertise. The firm has just been ranked in the top tier of prestigious industry bible, The Legal 500 in each of the specialist areas of law that it practises out of its Chester office. Overall, Hill Dickinson is described as having made ‘tremendous strides Hill Dickinson’s John Holmes (l) in the North West… providing a full service to a and Robin Jones (centre) with Igloo broad mix of private and public sector clients’. Regeneration Fund’s Chris Brown (right). This comes in the last quarter of a year that has seen the firm’s Corporate North team advise on more than 100 deals in 2011, representing a combined value of over £1.2bn.
Among the deals were the £26m disposal of Amco Group Holdings Limited to Renew Holdings plc in February, the £120m fundraising by Stobart Group Limited in April and the £25m Class 1 disposal of Carrs Fertilisers by Carr’s Milling Industries plc in July this year. On the increased deal flow, partner and head of the corporate team in Chester, Sally Wightman, said: “Despite the economic uncertainty, Hill Dickinson in Chester has firmly established itself as the legal adviser of
choice for numerous reputable and high value regional businesses and we have fantastic links with the local corporate finance and funding communities. I am very pleased to say that our commercial and pragmatic approach to dealmaking is a winning formula, especially in a period of austerity. “With a number of high profile deals in the pipeline we hope to continue this success for the rest of 2011 and beyond.” The Chester team of Hill Dickinson has grown significantly in 2011, with a number of expert lawyers transferring into the office. This is enabling the firm to provide clients with a broader variety of high calibre legal advice than ever before.
Despite the economic uncertainty, Hill Dickinson in Chester has firmly established itself as the legal adviser of choice for numerous reputable and high value regional businesses and we have fantastic links with the local corporate finance and funding communities. 30
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