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DWF signs up Dickinson Dees banking chief for Newcastle base

DWF has enlarged its banking and finance team with the appointment of Dickinson Dees banking head Deborah Kirtley. Kirtley, who is joining DWF's Newcastle base, specialises in property acquisitions, development transactions and corporate acquisitio...

05 Jan 2012 | 10:10 | secure | 1 comment

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inner image Dickinson Dees to launch in Leeds with transfer of entire York office

Dickinson Dees is set to open a new office in Leeds and transfer its entire York operation to the new base. The firm will open the new office at the end of the year, at which point its York base will close, with the entire operation moving to Leeds...

01 Jul 2011 | 11:19 | secure | 3 comments

inner image Mills & Reeve and Dickinson Dees announce new partner promotions

Mills & Reeve and Dickinson Dees have announced their 2011 partner promotions, with the pair making up five new partners between them.National firm Mills & Reeve has made up three new partners, with the firm’s professional indemnity insurance practi...

11 May 2011 | 10:34 | secure

DWF seals Dickinson Dees partner hire and private client boutique takeover

DWF has recruited Dickinson Dees partner John Flynn and completed the acquisition of Manchester private client boutique Lane-Smith & Shindler. Corporate partner Flynn, who will join DWF in Newcastle, was in the running to take over as senior partne...

06 May 2011 | 16:27 | secure | 1 comment

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Dickinson Dees set for banking job cuts in new redundancy consultation

Dickinson Dees has kicked off a new redundancy consultation in the firm's banking practice. The consultation - the regional firm's fourth since November 2007 - will affect the firm's banking group, which is headed up by partner Deborah Kirtley, wit...

16 Dec 2010 | 13:12 | secure | 1 comment

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McGrigors signs up 10-strong Hammonds team in raft of new hires

McGrigors has bulked up its ranks across the UK with 15 new recruits, including a contentious construction team from Hammonds. The 10-strong team joins McGrigors as part a total of 12 recent hires for the firm's Manchester office. The Hammonds t...

26 Aug 2010 | 15:23 | secure | 6 comments

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Dickinson Dees family law team breaks away to form new firm

Dickinson Dees is set to pull out of family law with the departure of its 16-strong family team. Partner Margaret Simpson, the head of the northeast firm's family practice, and barrister Ian Kennerley are launching a new boutique called Silk Family...

18 Jun 2010 | 14:28 | secure | 1 comment

Pinsents, Wragges and DLA among firms to win panel roles for SE boroughs consortium

A line-up of more than 20 City and national firms have been appointed to the legal panel of a consortium of London and Kent boroughs. The successful firms include Wragge & Co, Pinsent Masons, DLA Piper, Trowers & Hamlins and Dickinson Dees, after m...

10 Jun 2010 | 17:24 | secure

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Dickinson Dees appoints new senior partner after contested vote

Dickinson Dees disputes head John Marshall is set to take over as senior partner following a contested election. Marshall beat corporate partner John Flynn and tax partner George Lyall to take the post of senior partner following the election proce...

29 Mar 2010 | 15:00 | secure | 2 comments

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Dickinson Dees

The Newcastle giant last year finally took its first steps outside its heartland - via a merger in York.

14 Dec 2009 | 00:13

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Dickie Dees senior partner takes top legal role at Middlesbrough FC holding company

Dickinson Dees senior partner Robin Bloom is set to leave the firm next year to take up a new role at Gibson O'Neill, the holding company of Middlesbrough Football Club. Bloom, who has spent almost six years at the helm of the northeast firm, is se...

19 Oct 2009 | 11:36 | secure | 3 comments

Sixteen firms win roles on unified London borough councils panel

Sixteen firms including Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Kennedys have won spots on the first panel of advisers assembled by the London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA). The firms will be appointed for three years to provide legal services to six London...

12 Oct 2009 | 13:16 | secure

BLP and Dentons advise on £300m northeast metro bid battle

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Denton Wilde Sapte and Dickinson Dees are among the firms advising as three bidders compete to win a £300m operating contract for the Tyne & Wear Metro. BLP has been drafted in to advise the current management team o...

14 Aug 2009 | 15:46 | secure

Beachcroft sees revenue climb; Dickie Dees reports fall

Beachcroft and Dickinson Dees have posted financial results for the 2008-09 year, with Beachcroft seeing revenues climb. The national firm has posted a 6% increase in revenues, taking turnover through the £120m mark. Beachcroft’s turnover for...

25 Jun 2009 | 15:54 | secure | 2 comments

Dickie Dees to cut more jobs with 90 under threat

Dickinson Dees has kicked off a new redundancy consultation, with up to 90 jobs at the firm under threat. The review, which could see 15 lawyers made redundant, is set to affect all of the firm's departments, with property likely to be the hardest hit...

12 Feb 2009 | 05:56 | secure

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