Hill Dickinson LLP opened a Newcastle base in July 2022, the firm’s sixth UK office. Office head Andrea Proudlock, who joined from DAC Beachcroft to launch the office, is the key contact for healthcare real estate instructions. Alison Oliver, who joined from Hempsons in September 2022, is an expert on primary care matters, assisting individual practitioners, primary care networks and GP federations as well as NHS trusts. Proudlock is supported on the health real estate front by her former colleague at DACB, senior associate Richard Hartis, while fellow senior associate Lucy Probert, who joined from Ward Hadaway in the summer of 2022, is another key member of the team.
Testimonials
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- 'Alison Oliver offers pragmatic and expert advice.'
- 'Andrea Proudlock is very keen to assist - she is approachable and customer-centred.'
Key clients
- Lawrence House Group Practice
- Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Work highlights
- Advising Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust on the development of strategic headquarters.
- Acted for Lawrence House Group Practice, an 11-partner GP practice, in the negotiation of a lease of a newly built health centre in Tottenham Hale in the London Borough of Haringey, funded by NHS England.