Roderick Palmer > Hill Dickinson LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Hill Dickinson LLP Offices

THE BROADGATE TOWER
20 PRIMROSE STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2EW
England
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Roderick Palmer

Work Department
Company/commercial.
Position
Partner undertaking general commercial and finance work, specialising in asset, acquisition, yacht and ship finance and aviation.
Career
Trained Hill Taylor Dickinson; qualified 1992; partner 2001; joined Hill Dickinson on merger 2006.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Law Society; Company Law Committee.
Education
Shenfield School; Manchester University (1988 Law and Accounting Joint Hons 2(1)); Newcastle Polytechnic (1990 LSF 2nd class Hons).
Leisure
Chess, tennis (Westside Tennis Club), sailing (Brading and Haven Yacht Club), horse riding, Royal Automobile Club.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Under the guidance of the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Roderick Palmer, Hill Dickinson LLP has cultivated a solid offering among lenders and borrowers in the commercial shipping and offshore sector, as well as fielding a growing aviation offering. The firm is also recognised as a ‘true industry leader’ in the yachting space, an area in which Panos Pourgourides – who co-heads the team with Palmer – has a thriving practice for both banks and ultra-high-net-worth-individuals seeking to finance their acquisitions of super yachts.
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
Roderick Palmer heads up the oil and gas team at Hill Dickinson LLP and focuses on corporate and commercial work. The firm fields a cross-departmental energy and natural resources group which advises domestic and international clients, including oil supermajors, commodity houses, tanker owners and gas infrastructure providers.
Lawyer Rankings
- Oil and gas - London > Projects, energy and natural resources
- Transport finance and leasing - London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Private client > Court of protection
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Transport > Travel
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Property finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration