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Experience:
Peter Dickinson is Head of Mayer Brown's Corporate Group in the UK. He is a widely acknowledged leader in the telecommunications industry and is highly recommended in his field by both the UK Legal 500 and the Chambers UK Directories. He is named as a recommended lawyer in the insurance sector for corporate and regulatory work in the UK Legal 500's 2007 edition and referred to as a "deal doer of note" in the UK Legal 500 2006. Peter's capabilities in the area of telecom law are also noted in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading TMT Lawyers and 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.'" (Chambers UK, 2005 ).
His practice focuses on corporate and commercial transactions and he has particular experience in relation to mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. Peter also has a wealth of experience in outsourcing (particularly with regard to disputed benchmarking) and has led many significant outsourcing projects including some which stand out as among the largest transactions of their kind. Within the telecoms sector, Peter has advised on turn-key network construction contracts (both terrestrial and sub-sea), and IRUs and other forms of capacity sales.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 1995 (Partner, 1996), Peter held a senior-level position with a large telecommunications firm. Earlier, he was associated with two other prominent law firms in the UK. He has been listed in both the Legal 500 Directory (2004) and the Chambers UK Directory (2005) as a "Leading Individual" in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and Telecommunications. One major 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." Client have also praised his "personable, practical and solution-finding approach to issues".
Notable Engagements:
Reuters on its acquisition of Feri Fund Market Information Ltd and its fund database subsidiary, FI Datenservice GmbH.
Interoute Communications on its acquisition of the operating subsidiaries and certain assets and liabiities 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.
WaveCrest Enterprises on the subscription by Sistema AFK (the Moscow and London LSE quoted conglomerate) for a controlling interest in WaveCrest.
Reuters Group plc on its acquisition of Action Images plc.
Reuters Svenska AB on its agreement to acquire EcoWin.
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.
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 license.
Cable & Wireless plc in relation to the proposed disposal of its minority shareholding in Batelco.
Cable & Wireless plc on the ten-year outsourcing agreement of its IT infrastructure and AD and AM services to IBM, and on the subsequent negotiation and the eventual termination of such arrangements.
Education:
Southampton University, LLB (Hons). | 