Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has welcomed two new partners, Amanda Burge and Lemi McAuley, marking a substantial growth period with 18 partner hires in the past year.
Lemi McAuley, joining the Leeds office, enhances the firm’s national restructuring and insolvency expertise. Formerly with Shoosmiths, McAuley led a team focusing on corporate restructuring. His proficiency spans both contentious and non-contentious aspects of restructuring and corporate insolvency. McAuley specializes in board advisory, transactions, and guiding matters like restructuring, turnaround, and directors’ duties. He is also skilled in distressed business sales and various insolvency procedures.
Amanda Burge, now part of the London City office, brings over 25 years of experience from roles at Hamlins and Enyo Law. Burge is esteemed for her work in commercial litigation and professional negligence, along with her expertise in contentious construction.
Burge’s addition strengthens Hill Dickinson’s London commercial litigation team, with her ability to manage complex disputes for companies, partnerships, high net worth individuals, and various specializations like shareholder issues, directors’ duties, partnership disputes, fraud, and more.
Craig Scott, national head of Hill Dickinson’s Business Services Group, praised the expansion and the addition of Burge and McAuley. He said: “As we hit our stride in this new financial year, we are continuing to build senior level capacity in key practice teams across all our UK offices – and the market is taking note. It is particularly pleasing that lawyers like Amanda and Lemi, who have amassed significant experience in their respective fields are choosing to join us in this exciting phase of our ongoing growth journey.
“I am delighted to welcome them both to Hill Dickinson as we continue to grow our national Business Services Group. The new hires signpost our expansion not only in London, but further afield in Leeds where we have just announced our office move to 11 Wellington Place following the rapid growth of the team from three to over 35 employees in the last five years.”
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Josie Geistfeld
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