IRONGATE HOUSE, DUKE'S PLACE, LONDON, EC3A 7HX, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7283 9033
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7283 1144
- DX:
- 550 CITY OF LONDON
What we say about the firm's legal practice in London
Corporate and commercial
Within M&A: smaller deals up to £50m, Hill Dickinson LLP is a third tier firm,
Hill Dickinson LLP’s shipping and commodities client base drives much of the firm’s deal flow. Malcolm Entwistle is the key partner.
Dispute resolution
Within Professional discipline, tier 4
Angela Horne heads the team at Hill Dickinson LLP, whose clients include the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund, Quinn Insurance, Dental Protection, the Medical Protection Society, the Veterinary Defence Society, and The Birth Centre.
Finance
Within Asset finance and leasing, tier 7
Hill Dickinson LLP is noted for its expertise in the yacht finance market for lenders and high-net-worth private clients.
Within Commodities: derivatives Leading individuals
Within Commodities: physicals, Hill Dickinson LLP is a first tier firm,
For disputes, especially in soft commodities, Hill Dickinson LLP’s vastly experienced team is noted as ‘good value, quick and commercially focused’. Its recent work includes FOSFA arbitrations and the defence of S/A Fluxo in a major sugar dispute. Fred Konynenburg is ‘one of the best, very impressive’; and ‘Mr. Sugar’ Jeff Isaacs, David Lucas and Andrew Meads are other key figures in an ‘efficient, knowledgeable and very helpful’ team. Clients include TNK BP, The Sugar Association and Vitol.
Insurance
Within Insurance and reinsurance litigation, tier 6
Hill Dickinson LLP has notable expertise in financial risk insurance. Clients include Talbot Underwriting, Liberty and Chubb. Rhys Clift heads the team, and is recommended along with Paul Taylor and consultant David Godfrey.
Within Personal injury: defendant Personal injury: defendant
Within Professional negligence, tier 5
Jamie Monck-Mason heads the team at Hill Dickinson LLP, where clients include Aviva, Dental Protection, Aspen, Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund, HCC International Insurance Company, Mitsui and Newline. Angela Horne is recommended. Tim Hague and Dileep Pisharody recently made partner.
Real estate
Within Commercial property, tier 7
Hill Dickinson LLP advises banks, corporates and investors on transactions and leasing. It continued to advise a multinational on matters after acquiring a 250,000sq ft Thames Valley headquarters campus. Richard Taylor heads the team.
Transport
Within Overview,
The chapter no longer covers multi-modal work under a separate heading, but a number of prominent firms continue to have healthy practices in the area – notably Clyde & Co LLP, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, Gateley, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP and Hill Dickinson LLP.
Within Shipping , Hill Dickinson LLP is a second tier firm,
Hill Dickinson LLP’s Stuart Armstrong and Claire Messer ‘deal with claims in a commercial and sensible manner’. Robert Wallis is recommended for his ‘reliability and industry knowledge’, and Russell Gardner provides ‘clear, concise and well-balanced advice’. Highlights included advising the owners and insurers of MSC Chitra following a collision, and successfully representing superyacht broker Edmiston & Company in the biggest brokerage dispute in history. The group is rated for dry and wet shipping work, and has notable yacht expertise. Philip Wareham joined from Holman Fenwick Willan LLP.
Further information on Hill Dickinson LLP
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London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: smaller deals up to £50m
- Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Transport : Overview
- Transport : Shipping
North West
Offices in Liverpool, Chester, and Manchester
- Overview : Regional review
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the North West
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the North West
- Dispute resolution : Debt recovery
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Clinical negligence: defendant
- Insurance : Personal injury: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Private client : Agriculture and estates
- Private client : Family
- Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Health
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate : Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate : Commercial property: Elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Real estate : Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Transport
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Sheffield