Full service commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has been ranked in 22 of its UK practice areas in Chambers and Partners UK 2023 legal directory, published today, Thursday 20 October.
This represents an addition of one new practice area - Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (UK wide) to the firm’s 2022 rankings.
The rankings, which span all three of the firm’s core business group – Business Services, Marine and Health – serve to demonstrate the breadth and consistently high quality of advice available to clients of the firm across a wide range of legal services.
Highest ranked practice areas
Of the 22 practice areas ranked, six practice areas achieve the highest, Band 1, ranking. They are:
Corporate/M&A (North West)
Family/Matrimonial (Liverpool and Surrounds)
Court of Protection: Health and Welfare (UK-wide)
Healthcare: Mental Health: Providers (UK wide)
Healthcare (UK wide)
Transport: Logistics (UK wide)
Highly ranked individuals
Across Hill Dickinson, 50 of the firm’s lawyers are recognised by Chambers as Notable Practitioners and, of these, eight individuals achieve the highest, Band 1, ranking across nine practice areas.
They are: Kiran Bhogal (Band 1-ranked in two separate areas of Health Advisory law); Jeff Isaacs (Commodities); Ian Gillis (Corporate); Kevin Lee (Real Estate); Adrian Marsh (Cargo and Logistics); Joanne Raisbeck (Family); Sharon Thomas (Health Advisory); and Ben Troke (Health Advisory).
Jonathan Brown, Hill Dickinson chair and corporate partner, maintains his status as an Eminent Practitioner, a ranking that recognises highly influential lawyers who, due to managerial or client relationship commitments, are less active in fee-earning work but remain key players at the firm.
We are a firm that takes great pride in doing our job and in serving our clients to the highest of standards, day after day and year after year. Client loyalty and being entrusted with high value, often complex legal work, based on a breadth of experience and expertise built up over many decades, amply bears that out. It is nevertheless very pleasing to see our efforts publicly confirmed via recognition in the leading legal directories.Peter Jackson
CEO
Commenting on his firm’s performance, chief executive Peter Jackson said: “We are a firm that takes great pride in doing our job and in serving our clients to the highest of standards, day after day and year after year. Client loyalty and being entrusted with high value, often complex legal work, based on a breadth of experience and expertise built up over many decades, amply bears that out. It is nevertheless very pleasing to see our efforts publicly confirmed via recognition in the leading legal directories.
“I am delighted that recommendation from our clients and legal world peers has once again provided us with rankings in Chambers and Partners UK 2023 across so many areas and recognition for so many of our individual lawyers at different stages of their careers.”
Lawyers who are ranked as Up-and-Coming, Star Associate and Associate-to-Watch are considered to be at the forefront of their generation and this year include:
Up-and-Coming: David Mkhitarian, Nina Ferris, Caroline Bridge and Richard Allingham.
Star Associate: Ellie Webster, Stephen Barnfield, Tom Turner
Associate to Watch: Kate Steele
Rankings are based on a combination of work highlights across 2020/2021, extensive peer-led interviews and client feedback, and in-depth research carried out over several months.
A full breakdown of Hill Dickinson’s rankings can be viewed here.