Dickie Dees and Bond Pearce expect trainee increase following merger
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Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce are looking at an increase in their trainee intake once the firms merge.
John Marshall
The firms, whose partners voted in favour of a merger on 7 December last year, will combine and be known as Bond Dickinson from 1 May 2013. The merged firm will have eight offices across the UK, in Aberdeen, Bristol, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton and Tees Valley.
Dickinson Dees senior partner John Marshall, who will hold a senior management position at Bond Dickinson, said: “Both Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce already have their trainee intakes confirmed for 2013 and 2014. We don’t anticipate these being affected by the merger.
“Looking ahead, Bond Dickinson will review the next trainee intake in line with the needs of the business and, if anything, we envisage that the number of seats available will increase.”
Dickinson Dees managing partner Jonathan Blair will be managing partner of the combined firm while Bond Pearce chairman Nick Page will be its chairman. Like Marshall, Bond Pearce managing partner Victor Tettmar will serve on the senior management team at Bond Dickinson.
Dickinson Dees posted a significantly increased trainee retention rate last year (26 July 2012).
Readers' comments (4)
Anonymous | 11-Jan-2013 11:08 am
There's no story here.
All the Senior Partner is saying that in the future, he would like there to be more trainees! Every firm would surely like their business to grow, leading to them taking on more trainees.
Another non-story about Bond Dickinson Dees.
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Anonymous | 14-Jan-2013 5:29 pm
Yet another "Where's the story?" Bond Dickinson press release.
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Anonymous | 3-Feb-2013 6:50 pm
It's very nice to say that Dickie Dees had a higher retention rate last year.
The year before they had 36% which was the worst of all the major law firms in the UK. The year before they had the second worst retention rate. They deserve recognition for improving, but also for being woeful in earlier years.
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Anonymous | 5-Feb-2013 6:07 pm
Spoiler: No new training contracts are being offered.
Poor show DD, exploiting the anxiety of thousands of law students to get a few lines of publicity.
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