Dickinson Gleeson named Boutique Law Firm of the Year – for third year in a row
JERSEY law firm Dickinson Gleeson has been recognised as Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the Citywealth International Finance Centre Awards 2020. This is the third year in a row that the firm has won this award.
The prestigious accolade follows a period of significant growth for the firm in terms of staff acquisition and revenue increase.
The award was collected by James Dickinson, one of the founding partners of Dickinson Gleeson, at a ceremony that took place on Thursday 27 January in London.
Of the award, he said: “This marks an excellent start to what is now our tenth year in operation. Our decade in practice proves that Dickinson Gleeson competes successfully with the major offshore law firms in terms of both quality of work and client service, as judged by an independent panel.”
The awards, now in their ninth year, were established to highlight the excellence of the advisers and managers in the private wealth sector in major international financial centres.
Dickinson Gleeson has appointed a Consultant to support its growing legal team Advocate Jane Martin has been recruited by the practice to further enhance its litigation offering, and brings with her a wealth of experience in commercial litigation and case management.
As former Chief Executive Officer of the Law Society of Jersey and previously a Managing Partner of a local law firm, Advocate Martin has enjoyed a varied career, which also includes being appointed as Crown Advocate and arguing cases on behalf of the prosecution in criminal trials.
Founding partner James Gleeson said of Jane’s appointment: “Jane has joined us at an exciting time in the firm’s journey. Jane’s expertise is invaluable in bolstering the team and providing the excellent all-round service that our clients expect from us”.
Advocate Martin will focus on a wide range of contentious trusts and companies disputes, including advising trustees, high net worth individuals, companies and shareholders. Having qualified as an English solicitor, Jane was sworn in an Advocate of the Royal Court in 1995.
Commenting on her appointment, Jane added: “I was attracted to working for Dickinson Gleeson due to the high profile, complex cases that they undertake and the dynamic, can do attitude that has made them a market leader in disputes work.” The appointment of Advocate Martin comes at the same time as the firm’s directory rankings confirm the firm as a “veritable litigation force with a client-care that is second-to-none”, by renowned legal directory the Legal 500.
The firm is also delighted that its two founding partners, Advocates Dickinson and Gleeson, have been awarded “Hall of Fame” status by the Legal 500. The Legal 500 Hall of Fame notes those individuals who have received “constant praise by their clients for continued excellence”, highlighting the law firm partners who are at the pinnacle of their profession. The other leading directory, Chambers and Partners, has noted: “They’re intellectually rigorous and have great a practice,” say sources, who add that it is a “great boutique firm.”
Dickinson
Gleeson is delighted that for the third year running founding partners James
Dickinson and James Gleeson have been recognised as ‘Global Elite’ lawyers . In
addition to this Partner Robert Christie and senior associate Pierre Ali-Noor
have been listed as ‘Ones to Watch’.
Launched
in 2017, the Private Client Global Elite serves as a highly respected global
directory of the world’s top private client and trust and estates litigation
talent.
One of our Partners, Craig Swart, embarked upon an epic challenge to swim the Channel and completed this extraordinary feat in 15 hours and 21 minutes. To put this challenge in perspective, more people have managed to climb Everest than have swam the Channel. We want to express our congratulations to Craig for his achievement and to show our support, we have donated £1,000 to The Jamsey Foundation to mark this incredible accomplishment.
And to top it off, two weeks after this challenge, he swam the Lake of Geneva!
Dickinson Gleeson is delighted to announce that it has been selected once again as a finalist for the Boutique Firm of the year in the 14th Annual STEP Private Client Awards. This is the fifth time that the firm has been so nominated.
Founding partner, James Gleeson, commented:
“The STEP PCA awards are immensely important to us, representing as they do validation of the firm by our peers in the industry. Knowing the independent and rigorous judging process involved we are delighted to have been shortlisted again. We extend our thanks to all members of our staff for the excellent quality of service that they consistently strive to achieve, and to our clients and intermediaries for their continued support”.
The winners of the awards will be announced on 25 September 2019 at an awards ceremony in London”.
Dickinson Gleeson has appointed a Consultant to support its
growing legal team.
Advocate Jane Martin has been recruited by the practice to further enhance its litigation offering, and brings with her a wealth of experience in commercial litigation and case management.
As former Chief Executive Officer of the Law Society of Jersey and previously a Managing Partner of a local law firm, Advocate Martin has enjoyed a varied career, which also includes being appointed as Crown Advocate and arguing cases on behalf of the prosecution in criminal trials.
Founding partner James Gleeson said of Jane’s appointment: “Jane has joined us at an exciting time in the firm’s journey. Jane’s expertise is invaluable in bolstering the team and providing the excellent all-round service that our clients expect from us”.
Advocate Martin will focus on a wide range of contentious trusts and companies
disputes, including advising trustees, high net worth individuals, companies and
shareholders.
Having qualified as an English solicitor, Jane was sworn in an Advocate of the Royal
Court in 1995. Commenting on her appointment, Jane added: “I was attracted to working for Dickinson Gleeson due to the high profile, complex cases that they undertake and the dynamic, can do attitude that has made them a market leader in
disputes work.”
The appointment of Advocate Martin comes at the same time as the firm’s directory
rankings confirm the firm as a “veritable litigation force with a client-care that issecond-to-none”, by renowned legal directory the Legal 500.
The firm is also delighted that its two founding partners, Advocates Dickinson and Gleeson, have been awarded “Hall of Fame” status by the Legal 500.
The Legal 500 Hall of Fame notes those individuals who have received “constant praise by their clients for continued excellence”, highlighting the law firm partners who are at the pinnacle of their profession.
The other leading directory, Chambers and Partners, has noted: 'They're intellectually rigorous and have great a practice" say sources, who add that it is "A great boutique firm."
