England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Public sector
Mills & Reeve LLP
Mills & Reeve LLP has ‘a great depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to draw on in the education sector’. The multidisciplinary team fields ’many standout individuals’, including IP specialist Mark Pearce and employment expert Stuart Craig. Martin Priestley, who focuses on commercial and sourcing agreements, heads up the practice. Recently, the group has been active in advising various universities and independent schools on bonds and private placements.
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Testimonials
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‘Mills & Reeves have a great depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to draw on in the education sector. They are very active in the sector and often host HE forums for Universities which has benefits not only for the institutions but also gives this firm an insight into the practical challenges faced by in-house legal teams which in turn feeds into their provision of pragmatic and supportive advice.’
‘Mills & Reeves has many standout individuals.’
‘Good sector knowledge. Experienced, skilled and approachable team who provide focused, commercially-sound advice.’
‘The HE team are very knowledgeable and importantly are able to translate that knowledge into sensible practical advice. They respond quickly, pay close attention, and offer a variety of potential solutions, but they aren't hesitant to say which they believe is the best option given the situation.’
Key clients
- Academies Enterprise Trust
- Arden University Limited
- Birmingham City University
- Bolton College
- Bournemouth University
- British Council
- Buckingham New University
- Cardiff University
- Christ Church, Oxford University
- Christ’s Hospital
- Coventry University
- Cranfield University
- Dragon School Trust Limited
- Exeter College Oxford
- Francis Crick Institute Ltd
- Harrow School
- King’s College London
- Kingston University
- Linacre College Oxford
- London Business School
- LTE Group
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Merton College Oxford
- Nottingham Trent University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Oxford University Endowment Management
- Peterhouse College, Cambridge
- Queen Mary University of London
- Royal Veterinary College
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Solent University
- St Dunstan's Educational Foundation
- St Edmund Hall Oxford
- St John’s College, Oxford
- St John's College
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology
- The United Westminster and Grey Coat Foundation
- The University of Birmingham
- The University of Northampton
- The University of Nottingham
- TOF Corporate Trustee Limited as Trustee of The Oxford Funds
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- University of Bath
- University of Derby
- University of East Anglia
- University of Exeter
- University of Kent
- University of Lancaster
- University of Liverpool
- University of London
- University of Manchester
- University of Oxford
- University of Salford
- University of Southampton
- University of Surrey
- University of Worcester
- University of York
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
- West Thames College
- University of York
Work highlights
- Advised the University of Hull on two financing transactions: a £40m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with Lloyds Bank and an £86m privately placed issue of green debt securities.
- Advising Sheffield Hallam University on its new campus in London.
- Advising Arden University on its expansion into new premises in Leeds and Manchester.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin Priestley