Acting for a range of clients such as universities, further education colleges, student unions, or education support bodies, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP‘s higher and further education department is led by Emma Moody in Newcastle and provides specialist advice for charitable education institutions, on procurement and projects, HR and pensions, data protection as well as on governance advice. Practice strengths include construction and property work, handled by experienced Iain Greenshields , Ian Atkinson , Neil Walker and Craig Moore . Sam Dixon in Leeds assists in relation to distressed educational issues and Christina Tolvas-Vincent in Southampton is adept in the full range of employment issues.
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Key clients
- Gateshead College
- Newcastle University
- Northumbria University
- Durham University
- Department for Education
- NCFE
- Universities & College Employers Association
- Staffordshire University
- Education Partnership North East (City of Sunderland College)
- Plymouth University
- Council of Deans of Health
Work highlights
- Assist the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) on its acquisition of the role of employer representative under the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) currently undertaken by Universities UK.
- Advise the Department for Education in relation to projects in connection with its ongoing requirement to refurbish, remodel and build educational facilities nationally whose combined value is in excess of £10 billion.
- Advise Durham University on various development and refurbishment projects whose value totals multiple hundreds of £millions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Emma Moody