Dickinson Dees

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Dickinson Dees
Date founded1975
Company typeLimited Liability Partnership
Dissolved2013
Websitewww.dickinson-dees.com

Dickinson Dees LLP was a law firm of the United Kingdom that traded between 1975 and 2013.[1]

At its peak in 2005 the firm had 763 solicitors (including partners).[2] By 2010 the firm had reduced this number to 327 solicitors through restructuring.[3] In 2012, the firm came last in a national survey of legal professionals conducted by Rollonfriday[4]

The firm had offices in Stockton on Tees, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne and London at the point it negotiated joining, Bristol based Bond Pearce.[5] The successor firm was called Bond Dickinson and was headquartered in Bristol and then London. In November 2017, Bond Dickinson successfully negotiated joining an American law firm. The new firm is called Womble Bond Dickinson. [6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BOND DICKINSON MERGER GETS PARTNER BACKING | Research & Insights | Dickinson Dees". Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ Lawyer, The (May 1, 2005). "Firm profile: Dickinson Dees".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "UK Firm of the Year 2012: the Golden Turd | RollOnFriday". www.rollonfriday.com.
  5. ^ "Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce in talks to create £92m firm". The Lawyer. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012.
  6. ^ November 2017, Max Walters1. "Womble Bond Dickinson deal becomes reality". Law Society Gazette.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)