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LAW FIRM SIMON WATTS JAMIE PASS OUR PEOPLE BEN BUTLER JEREMY SMITH ROBERT PHILLIPS * Simon Watts - Head of Corporate and Commercial simon.watts@bonddickinson.com * Jamie Pass - Partner, Newcastle jamie.pass@bonddickinson.com * Ben Butler - Partner, Newcastle ben.butler@bonddickinson.com * Jeremy Smith - Partner, Newcastle jeremy.smith@bonddickinson.com * Robert Phillips - Partner, Newcastle robert.phillips@bonddickinson.com * Nigel Williams - Partner, Leeds nigel.williams@bonddickinson.com * Simon Pilling - Partner, Leeds simon.pilling@bonddickinson.com MAJOR CLIENTS Key regional clients include: Atom Bank, Banks Renewables, Bellway, E-Therapeutics, Huntsman, NVM Private Equity, Reece Group, The Sage Group, Stadium Group, Vertu Motors NIGEL WILLIAMS NUMBER OF STAFF 1200 nationally - 50 lawyers and 17 Partners in the national corporate team TRANSACTIONS COMPLETED £500K JUNE15-MAY16 41 CONTACT St Ann's Wharf, 112 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DX 1 Whitehall Riverside, Leeds LS1 4BN Tel: 0345 415 5254 Email: info@bonddickinson.com Web: www.bonddickinson.com NOTABLE DEALS * Atom Bank on a strategic partnership with BBVA and its £135 million fundraising * Chemoxy International on the buyout of Dow Chemical Company and £10 million investment by the Business Growth Fund * Shareholders of Fine Industries Limited on the investment by North Edge Capital in Fine Industries Limited * Reece Group Limited on the purchase of Responsive Engineering (Holdings) Limited * Vertu Motors on 18 transactions, with a combined value in excess of £75 million CORPORATE STATEMENT At Bond Dickinson we understand the challenges businesses in the NE and Yorkshire face more than most. With roots in the NE dating back to 1786, we've grown to become a firm with international reach, scale and expertise. We now have a national presence with eight offices across seven cities in the UK. We have also formed strong, collaborative alliances with US firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and German firm Redeker Sellner Dahs. Our clients range from FTSE 100 businesses, governmental organisations, privately managed businesses to wealthy individuals. We pride ourselves on understanding each of our clients and adapt what we do to suit their requirements. Through our continued investment and the new SME focused initiatives we're delivering across our regions, we look forward to continuing to play our part in the success of businesses in the NE and Yorkshire. directory SIMON PILLING property services VIEW OUR ONLINE ENTRY directory corporate finance services director BOND DICKINSON LLP SERVICES The Bond Dickinson corporate team has handled some ground breaking and significant transactions in our sectors, but we also assist our clients in relation to their corporate requirements generally, where efficiency and resource become more relevant. We provide a "full service" for our corporate clients. The need for specialist input varies from transaction to transaction, but we have the ability to call on specialist lawyers from within Bond Dickinson. Corporate services are provided with an emphasis on the following sectors: chemicals and manufacturing, energy and natural resources, financial institutions, private wealth, real estate, retail and consumer goods and transport and infrastructure. 41 http://www.bonddickinson.com http://www.bonddickinson.com https://www.insidermedia.com/business_directory/detail/bond-dickinson

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