Corporate

Hill Dickinson’s award-winning corporate lawyers offer a high-quality combination of technical expertise, commercial acumen and excellent client service. We were awarded corporate law firm of the year at the Insider North West Dealmakers Awards in November 2010.

With a strong City practice and an experienced national network, we specialise in advising a range of clients, from large listed companies to smaller start-up businesses on the full range of transactions – both domestic and cross-border. Our advice is distinctly commercial, with our lawyers receiving ongoing training in core business skills through the Hill Dickinson Business School and secondments in industry.

The team, largely comprising lawyers from the City and national firms, has grown rapidly over the last 12 months. We work in small teams, providing close access to our partners on transactions. We believe we offer an innovative approach to managing client relationships and fee arrangements, which sets us apart from many of our larger competitors. We are also spearheading a radically different approach to due diligence in Intelligentsia, in order to be able to offer our clients a timely, relevant and cost effective service, which adds real value to the acquisition process.

Our clients value the quality of our people, our market knowledge and our commitment to achieving success for them. We always aim to exceed their expectations.

Our recent deals include acting for shareholders in the $20 million sale of Jennic to Dutch company NXP Semiconductors.

 

Our clients

We specialise in advising a broad spectrum of clients from large listed and private companies to smaller start-ups, financial institutions, partnerships and private individuals, both in the UK and cross-border, and from a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, financial services, private equity, insurance, media and logistics.

Key contacts

Jonathan Brown
Partner
Jonathan Brown
Telephone
+44 (0)151 600 8527
Email
jonathan.brown@hilldickinson.com
Ian Gillis
Partner
Ian Gillis
Telephone
+44 (0)161 817 7297
Email
ian.gillis@hilldickinson.com
Michael Jones
Partner
Michael Jones
Telephone
+44 (0)151 600 8678
Email
mike.jones@hilldickinson.com
Paul King
Partner
Paul King
Telephone
+44 (0)114 229 7969
Email
paul.king@hilldickinson.com
Tim Littler
Partner
Tim Littler
Telephone
+44 (0)114 229 7944
Email
tim.littler@hilldickinson.com
Neil Thompson
Partner
Neil Thompson
Telephone
+44 (0)114 229 8017
Email
neil.thompson@hilldickinson.com
Ian Riggs
Partner
Ian Riggs
Telephone
+44 (0)161 838 4965
Email
ian.riggs@hilldickinson.com
Sally Wightman
Partner
Sally Wightman
Telephone
+44 (0)1244 89 6617
Email
sally.wightman@hilldickinson.com

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Legal 500 2012 logo‘Excellent in all respects’, Hill Dickinson LLP has had the largest offering in Liverpool since it acquired the corporate practice of Halliwells in July 2010. Craig Scott has the ‘ability to communicate in non-legal language’, and has particular expertise in private equity matters. Other recommended partners include Sue Russell and Jonathan Brown, the ‘responsive, pragmatic and flexible’ Jane O’Sullivan; and new arrival from Squire Sanders Hammonds Ian Gillis. Recent highlights include advising Klarius Group on its acquisition from Affinia Holdings of the Quinton Hazell Automotive Group.

Chambers 2012 Leading Firm logoSources are appreciative that partners "make an effort to find out what is important to us."