DLA Piper offers full-service both nationally and internationally, with strengths in finance and projects, real estate, planning, and regulatory work. Operating as a national team, it is co-headed by Sheffield and Birmingham-based Petra Billing and London-based James Carter. Billing specialises in all aspects of minerals law and related litigation and dispute resolution, while Carter specialises in complex commercial arbitration and litigation across a range of sectors.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team are extremely knowledgeable and are able to quickly find solutions to problems. Their understanding of minerals-related matters is extremely strong. However, the most impressive attribute is the speediness of their responses.'
'Our experience has been very positive, and in a commercial environment where time is very easily lost waiting for the legal matters to be resolved, DLA Piper stands out for the proactivity and speed of response.’
Key clients
- Aggregate Industries (UK) Limited/ Lafarge Holcim
- Tarmac/CRH PLC
Work highlights
- Handling all day-to-day property, minerals litigation and health and safety and regulatory advice for Aggregate Industries UK Limited and all subsidiaries across its UK portfolio of properties.
- Advised on AUD138 million acquisition of Tulla Resources plc (ASX listed) by Pantoro Ltd (ASX listed) by way of a scheme of arrangement governed under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006.