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Experience
Peter Dickinson is Head of Mayer Brown's Corporate Group in the UK and a Firm Practice Leader in Mayer Brown's global corporate and securities practice.
Peter's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other significant commercial transactions including, in particular, large scale multi-jurisdictional outsourcing projects.
He is a widely acknowledged leader in the telecommunications industry and is highly recommended in this field by both the UK Legal 500 and the Chambers UK Directories. He is also recognised as a leading outsourcing lawyer by both the UK Legal 500 and the Chambers UK Directories.
"First-rate transactional expertise and personable manner" notes Chambers & Partners UK Directory 2009, "Dynamic" notes Legal 500, 2009. Previously, the UK Legal 500 has referred to Peter as being a "deal doer of note". Chambers UK has commented that clients and peers have observed that “[the] . . . 'awesome Peter Dickinson combines tremendous business acumen with telecoms expertise. It’s like having another permanent member of our team'." One major FTSE 100 client noted that "Peter is a top-quality lawyer who offers straightforward commercial advice. He and his team are key to the success of all the projects that they work on." Clients have also praised his "personable, practical and solution-finding approach to issues" (Chambers UK). Notable Engagements
- AT&T on the outsource by Shell of its worldwide telecommunications requirements to AT&T (in a transaction valued in excess of €3 billion).
- AT&T Inc on the $5 billion outsourcing by IBM to AT&T of the management and operation of IBM's global telecoms network.
- Bear Stearns on its acquisition of Minster Insurance group of companies from French insurance giant Groupama S.A.
- Cable & Wireless plc on the ten-year outsourcing agreement of its IT infrastructure and AD and AM services to IBM (in a transaction valued in excess of £1 billion), and on the subsequent negotiation and the eventual termination of such arrangements.
- Cable & Wireless plc on the sale of its 61.4 percent interest in closed joint stock company Sakhalin Telecom Mobile and its participating interest of 60 percent in the joint venture company Sakhalin Telecom Limited to open joint stock company Wimpel Communications.
- Cable & Wireless plc on its participation in the Oman second mobile licence auction process.
- Cable & Wireless plc in relation to the disposal of its minority shareholding in Batelco.
- Interoute Communications on its acquisition of the principal assets of KPN Quest's Ebone network.
- Interoute Communications on its acquisition of the operating subsidiaries and certain assets and liabilities of VIA NET.WORKS Inc.
- Interoute Communications in relation to an investment of €125 million by Tecom (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Holdings) for a substantial shareholding in the Interoute group of companies.
- Midland Resources Holding Limited on its sale of Midland F1 Limited (including the Silverstone based Midland Formula One Grand Prix motor racing operation), to Spyker Cars NV.
- Moody's on its acquisition of the entire share capital of Financial Projections Limited
- Moody's on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of ENB Consulting Limited.
- Reuters Limited on its acquisition of Feri Fund Market Information Ltd and its fund database subsidiary, FI Datenservice GmbH.
- Reuters Group plc on its acquisition of Action Images plc.
- Reuters Svenska AB on its agreement to acquire EcoWin Holding AB.
- Reuters Group plc on the disposal of its Reuters Portfolio Management System business to Odyssey Asset Management Systems SA, a leading provider of wealth management solutions and services.
- Reuters Group plc on its acquisition of Application Networks Inc.
- Reuters Group plc on its acquisition of Gissing Group Limited.
- Reuters on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Fitzrovia International PLC.
- Thomson Reuters on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of M35 Limited.
- Spectris plc on the sale of the entire issued share capitals of Arcom Limited and Arcom Inc to Eurotech S.p.A.
- Unilever on the outsourcing of its European application development and application maintenance services to Accenture (in a transaction valued in excess of €700 million).
- Unilever on the outsourcing of its US, Asia, Middle East and Turkey user and end user computer services to HP (in a transaction in excess of €600 million).
- WaveCrest Enterprises on the subscription by Sistema AFK (the Moscow and London LSE quoted conglomerate) for a controlling interest in WaveCrest.
more...Education
Southampton University, LLB (Hons) Admitted
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