Alex McCann
Hill Dickinson LLPAlex McCann is well-regarded for his ‘vast amount of experience’, and leads the practice at Hill Dickinson LLP. The team’s lucrative client list notably features the Co-operative Group, National Express Group and Liverpool City Council. Claire Cosgrove is a key name for landlord and tenant work. Large-scale regeneration, investment and development projects form a significant portion of the team’s workload, and are areas in which Graham Archibald is a specialist. Rachael Allen is known for her broad experience in handling development agreements for leases, and Rebecca Wakefield is noted for her standout focus on health sector real estate.
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Testimonials
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‘The Hill Dickinson team are a core member of our project team - not external advisors to it. The approach is direct and collaborative and capable of being sustained for the long run.’
‘Alex McCann brings a vast amount of experience to quickly distil complex arrangements into simple strategies to allow relationships to develop and for the project to progress.’
‘The team is responsive and innovative, facilitating and creative as well as responsive.’
‘Rebecca Wakefield is always on-hand to answer queries and will approach other specialists promptly for additional support.’
Key clients
- Co-operative Group
- Derwent Lodge Estates
- DHL
- Dominos Pizza
- Electricity North West
- FirstGroup
- Iceland Foods
- Kuehne + Nagel
- Legacie Developments
- Liverpool City Council
- Mason Partners
- Morbaine
- National Express Group
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Peel L&P
- Pour Moi
- Sandyford Properties Limited
- St Helens Council
- STS Aviation Services
- United Utilities
- The Works
- Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Work highlights
- Advised St Helens Council on the innovative Glass Futures project - a £54m, 165,000 square ft centre of excellence for glass research and development and training.
- Advised Legacie Developments on the acquisition of a stalled development site off Freemasons Row in Liverpool’s emerging Northern Quarter for a scheme which will deliver over 650 apartments and 250 construction jobs with a GDV of £200m.
- Advised logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel on all aspects of their new head office building in Milton Keynes.
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Claire Cosgrove
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Alex McCann