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Dickinson Gleeson is delighted to have again been shortlisted for the IFC Awards Boutique Law Firm of the year. The awards are partly decided by an online vote which closes on 1 December 2018. Use this link to cast a vote in favour of Dickinson Gleeson, noting that voters cannot vote for their own firms or colleagues.
The winners of the awards will be announced on 23 January 2019.
Dickinson Gleeson has advised the Reuben Brothers on the Jersey aspects of their £300 million acquisition of the Burlington Arcade, in Mayfair. Burlington Arcade was opened in 1819, making it one of London’s earliest arcades, and constitutes approximately 37,000 square feet of high-end retail space. The arcade is visited by some four million people a year and is owned by a Jersey company.
Simon and David Reuben are leaders in private equity, real estate investment and development, and venture capital. Their real estate holdings are significant in scale and broadly diversified, encompassing office, retail, hotel, residential and infrastructure properties across the world including in London, Israel, Monaco, Ibiza and France.
The Dickinson Gleeson team comprised Edward Scott (Partner) and John Burns (Associate) and the team worked alongside the Real Estate and Corporate teams at Reed Smith. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP and Carey Olsen advised the sellers, Thor Equities and Meyer Bergman.
Edward Scott commented:
“We are thrilled to have helped the Reuben Brothers to make this landmark acquisition. The timetable was challenging and demanded that due diligence on the Jersey target company was conducted quickly. With our partner-led approach, which is distinctive in Jersey, we were able to deliver efficiently and to time.”
We are pleased to inform you that as a consequence of continuing growth Dickinson Gleeson will be moving to new office premises.
From Monday 19 March Dickinson Gleeson’s new address will be: 3rd Floor, Le Gallais Buildings, 6 Minden Place, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4WQ.
Our other contact details remain the same.
Dickinson Gleeson is delighted to have won the prestigious Citywealth IFC 2018 Boutique Law Firm of the Year award. This builds upon last year’s Legal 500 Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2017 award.
James Gleeson says “We are delighted to have won this award. It provides recognition of our work in the private wealth and contentious trusts and estates litigation arenas. We are incredibly grateful to our clients and other professional colleagues and intermediaries, without whose support we would not have won this award. We also wish to thank all members of staff for their hard work, commitment and dedication”.
London and Regional instructed Dickinson Gleeson to advise on the Jersey aspects of its Atlas Hotel portfolio refinancing. The portfolio consists of approximately 50 hotels, purchased for circa £575 million in 2016.
London and Regional is one of the largest privately-owned property companies in Europe. The refinancing was provided by Morgan Stanley, secured against the portfolio of hotels.
Corporate Partner Edward Scott and Associate John Burns worked alongside English lawyers Reed Smith. Clifford Chance and Carey Olsen acted for Morgan Stanley.
Edward Scott said: “We are very pleased to have been part of the team that helped London and Regional with this sizeable refinancing. Since I joined the firm sixteen months ago, I and the Dickinson Gleeson team have worked on a number of large corporate and finance matters, often involving UK real estate. This transaction was fast-moving and our partner-led approach enabled us to provide our advice at short order.”