Dickinson Dees has picked up a lucrative new mandate to handle Standard Life’s entire commercial conveyancing portfolio for England and Wales, it was announced today (22 August).
The three-year contract, which kicked off earlier this year, will see Dickinson Dees advise the lending giant, which launched on the London Stock Exchange in July, on conveyancing work for clients purchasing commercial properties through self-invested personal pension schemes.
The 68-partner regional firm expects to handle more than 350 cases per year as part of the deal, which also includes reviewing titles, local authority searches and drafting new contracts.
The Newcastle leader landed the appointment after winning out in a competitive tender ahead of a number of regional rivals.
Commercial property associate Joe Haigh led the team for Dickinson Dees, which has also launched a new in-house case management system to accommodate the extra work.
Haigh said the appointment would broaden the firm’s appeal to larger clients and was likely to generate substantial spin-off work in the northeast.
