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Alexander Dickinson

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Alexander is a partner in Private Wealth Department advising wealthy individuals and their families across the UK and internationally, particularly in the delivery of commercial advice across multiple service areas. He is responsible for the development of the London office. Additional emphasis on capital taxation, heritage property, trusts, wills and probate. Alexander acts mainly for family offices and individuals with significant property interests (landed estates, commercial and residential portfolios) and entrepreneurs.

Charlie Reid

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Charlie is a finance lawyer based in London. He has extensive experience advising lenders (banks, development finance institutions, funds and other alternative lenders) and borrowers in developed and emerging markets (including within Africa). He has advised across multiple sectors (including infrastructure, real estate, transport, energy, technology, pharmaceuticals, mining, commodities, retail and entertainment) on a broad range of finance transactions including corporate lending, real estate finance, acquisition finance, infrastructure and other project finance, private equity and funds finance, asset-based lending, trade finance, private placements and restructurings.

Claire Kistner

Claire Kistner

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Claire is a partner specialising in corporate and acquisition/leveraged finance transactions across the mid-market finance sector, principally acting for institutional lenders and corporate borrowers. She specialises in the healthcare sector, from care homes and nurseries to pharmacies and dental practices. Claire's clients include HSBC Bank plc, Santander UK plc and OakNorth Bank plc.

Hannah Cane

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Hannah is a partner in the insurance group. She is a professional indemnity and dispute resolution lawyer specialising in the defence of high value and complex claims against construction and property professionals, including contractors, architects, engineers, surveyors, planners, property managers and interior designers. She is head of the firm’s construction insurance practice, leading a team of experienced construction insurance lawyers across our national offices.   She acts for many of the major insurers regularly advises on policy coverage. She is a member of the British Property Federation’s Insurance Committee.   Hannah also has significant experience defending other professionals, in particular, solicitors, accountants, brokers and independent financial advisers.   The Legal 500 names Hannah as “tough yet commercially astute” and “incisive in her analysis” and that she “goes out of her way to put the clients’ needs at the heart of the excellent service she delivers”.

Jo Coleman

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Jo specialises in advising charities and those who work with charities on all aspects of charity law and regulation. Whether establishing new charitable organisations for philanthropists, or advising national household name charities on new projects, structures and ventures, Jo delivers complex projects efficiently and in a straightforward manner to ensure her clients can achieve more for their beneficiaries.   Jo also has significant experience in conducting governance reviews of all types of charitable organisation, providing practical and tailored advice to help improve governance processes and systems.  She has also advised membership charities on disagreements with their members.  She advises across the range of charitable activity and has particular experience in advising religious bodies on restructuring and managing complex trust arrangements.  Jo has also advised on many multi-party charity mergers, helping to guide her clients smoothly through the process.  She also provides reassuring support when charities face financial difficulties and provides advice designed to ensure that trustees are protected from liability and the best outcome possible can be achieved for the charity and its purposes. With the Charity Commission becoming a more active regulator, Jo has advised numerous charities who need to report serious incidents, charities facing compliance visits and inspections and those who are subject to a section 46 Inquiry. Jo is currently  the Chair of the Charity Law Association. She chaired the working party on the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 and gave evidence to the Joint Scrutiny Committee in the House of Lords. Jo lectures on issues of charity law and writes for the sector press.

Jonathan Blair

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Jonathan is a former Managing Partner of many years' experience, leading the strategic and operational direction of Womble Bond Dickinson and its predecessors for 14 years.Using his extensive knowledge of the legal sector, Jonathan now heads WBD's Professional Practices Group advising professional service businesses on strategic and operational matters across the UK and beyond. Jonathan is the Head of the London office. Jonathan sits on WBD's global board and is an active member of WBD's International Group.  

Jonathan Dunkley

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Jonathan leads the London Restructuring and Insolvency Team of Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP. He is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience advising on non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters, acting for a range of stakeholders at each stage of the business distress curve including lenders, insolvency practitioners and boards of directors. Jonathan's practice includes advising: Boards of directors on their duties in circumstances of financial distress and the restructuring options available to them Insolvency practitioners and acquirers on business and asset sales via formal insolvency processes Lenders on security enhancement and enforcement options. Jonathan has undertaken work in a broad range of sectors including energy, care homes, casual dining, retail and manufacturing.

Leon Miller

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Leon is a partner in the corporate team based in London. Leon advises clients on a broad range of corporate finance transactions spanning the UK capital markets (especially AIM) and private equity, typically involving high growth companies. He has particular expertise advising on public and private M&A and financing through both debt and equity. He has sector knowledge of the oil & gas/mining sectors as well as technology, retail and other consumer-orientated businesses. Leon advised Tekmar Group plc on its admission to AIM in June 2018 raising £61.8m, the shareholders of NCE Group Limited on the sale of the company to Park Place Technologies Inc. in August 2017, AIM listed Hydro International plc on the £28m recommended offer by Hanover in 2016 and Opsec Security plc on the £66.7m recommended offer by Investcorp Technology in 2015.

Lucy Pringle

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Lucy is a specialist in Commercial Law and head of WBD's Commercial Sub-Team.  She specialises in advising on the commercial aspects of business critical projects, contracts for trading internationally, asset purchasing and other high-value / complex transactions. She has a wealth of experience advising businesses of all sizes on international supply chain contracts and global routes to market. This includes advising on supply agreements, contractual joint ventures, distribution, agency, franchising, contract manufacturing, port handling / stevedoring, logistics and warehousing. Supporting clients with capital projects in another key focus for Lucy, working in conjunction with WBD's Construction lawyers to help clients build plants, undertake turnaround work, expand capacity, install new technology and decommission sites.  Lucy works predominantly with businesses in the manufacturing, consumer products and logistics spheres, where her specialist knowledge allows her to give real sector insight. However, her wide ranging experience extends to a broad variety of commercial contracts across all sectors. Lucy holds the CIPP/E certification in data protection law (the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe), awarded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Martin Stacey

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Martin specialises in commercial real estate developments/regeneration and investment sales and purchases, acting not only for public sector bodies but also funds and developers. Martin also has over 15 years’ experience of non-contentious construction work advising in relation to large town centre redevelopments in particular. Martin is currently leading on a number of large town centre redevelopment projects, acting for local authorities. Martin also works for a number of telecoms clients in relation to their real estate work.

Neil Long

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Neil is an experienced private client lawyer, with a particular specialism in trust and estate disputes. Neil advises individuals, families, charities and trustees on the validity of wills and trusts; the conduct of executors and trustees; the rights of beneficiaries; and all related issues such as mental capacity, undue influence, construction and interpretation of wills and trusts; and claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. He has extensive experience of negotiation, mediation and litigation, having conducted cases in the Family and Chancery Divisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Protection. Neil also has a strong non-contentious practice advising clients on wills and inheritance tax. Neil regularly acts as executor, trustee and deputy (particularly as an independent professional in disputed cases).

Nicola Giddens

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Nicola is a partner in the Real Estate team based in London specialising in Real Estate Finance. She has over 16 years' experience, acting predominantly for UK lending institutions on all aspects of real estate finance transactions. Nicola’s extensive experience covers various specialised sectors including retail, student accommodation, hospitality, housebuilding, institutional funds and healthcare sectors. She has extensive experience in advising leading UK financial services institutions on a broad range of real estate and finance transactions, including financing a number of sizeable UK commercial, residential and mixed-use properties both on an investment and development basis.

Sushma MacGeoch

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Sushma MacGeoch is Head of Insurance Disputes at Womble Bond Dickinson, leading the national team based in London, Bristol and Southampton.  Sushma has over 25 years’ experience as a professional indemnity and construction specialist.  She is an expert in the defence of complex high value claims against solicitors, valuers, accountants, brokers and construction professionals, to include architects engineers and contractors. Sushma also regularly acts as coverage counsel. Sushma’s clients include major Insurers and construction companies. Sushma is ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500.  Legal 500 2020 refers to Sushma as "a stand-out partner.. [she] has enormous courage and steely determination which is matched with poise and finesse" and that she "is an exceptional professional; her knowledge, style, resilience and personality are what set her aside and ensure she is the leader of this impressive and growing team." Recent experience includes: defending solicitors in £130m claim arising from credit hire litigation handled on behalf of Insurers; defending accountants in £15m film finance litigation; defending groundworks contractor in multiparty £12m claim arising from failure of floor slab in warehouse distribution centre resulting in landmark decision in Co-Op Group Limited v Birse Developments Limited and others on limitation in claims against construction professionals; defending architects on £40m claim arising from failure of commercial complex; acting as coverage counsel on block notification by brokers with potential claim value exceeding £80m. Sushma MacGeoch was shortlisted for Women in Finance Insurance Leader of the Year Award 2019.  Under Sushma's leadership, the Womble Bond Dickinson Insurance Disputes team has won a number of accolades to include Insurance Team of the Year 2017 Legal Business Awards; Shortlisted for Insurance Firm of the Year 2017 Post Claims Awards; Highly Commended in FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2017 for Private Edge Product developed with AIG: Winner of Commercial Insurance Law Firm of the Year UK – 2018 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards; Legal 500 award for Insurance Firm (Specialism) of the Year for our expertise in professional negligence in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Tim Barr

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Having previously headed up the London office of a specialist professional indemnity firm, Tim moved to WBD's London office in 2018 as a partner specialising in the defence of professional negligence claims against a broad range of professionals including solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers, insolvency practitioners, IFAs, surveyors and construction professionals. He also advises on high value, complex insurance coverage disputes and is regarded as a key player in the professional indemnity insurance market. Tim is well known for representing solicitors across a broad range of practice areas and is a trusted legal adviser to a number of top 50 UK law firms. Tim also advises law firms on regulatory, disciplinary and risk related issues.

Will Fraser

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Will specialises in commercial real estate finance and investment and acts for many of the main UK clearing banks and other niche lenders on the property aspects on investment and development projects as well as peer to peer lenders. He also has a wealth of experience in investment sales and acquisitions for several of the firm's key investor clients, and leads an experienced asset management team for a family office client. Will's experience also includes advising local authorities on major regeneration projects.

Will Ford

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Will is a partner in the Private Wealth Department. He advises UK and international individuals and families, trustees, family offices and financial institutions on all aspects of tax, trust, estate and succession planning and on family governance structures.   He specialises in UK and cross-border estate planning, international succession, asset protection/wealth preservation and related use of asset-holding structures, together with all related lifetime tax issues. Will also drafts wills and trusts, whether for purely domestic or international families, and advises on tax-efficient philanthropy.