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About
Provided by Richard Dickinson
Practice Areas
Richard heads our Commercial & IP transactions group and co-heads the firm’s life sciences sector group.
His practice focuses on commercial transactions and advisory work that usually involve the development, exploitation and protection of IP rights at their core, across a range of sectors. These sectors include life sciences; media, entertainment and sport; consumer products, and retail.
With coming up 30 years’ experience, Richard’s work has included advising and negotiating licensing, distribution, manufacturing and supply arrangements, as well as commercial contracts in his focus sectors, and advising on the related commercial and IP aspects of corporate deals. Much of Richard’s work involves cross-border and global projects.
Richard has a scientific background and has also worked on secondment with in-house legal teams, both as an associate and as a partner.
Career
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Bristol
Post Graduate Diploma in Law, University of the West of England, Bristol
Legal Practice Course, University of the West of England, Bristol
Qualified 1996
Partner 2005
Admitted in Republic of Ireland (non-practising)
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Dickinson co-heads the life sciences department at Bristows. He is a transactional lawyer who advises clients in the life sciences sector on commercial contracts. His scientific background helps him to approach transactions from a technical point of view.
Richard Dickinson has a wide and varied transactional practice assisting large corporate clients with licence agreements and disputes. He has experience advising clients in various industries including life sciences, media and retail.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is a very sensible and thoughtful lawyer."
"Richard has an extraordinary ability to explain complicated issues in a succinct and easy manner."
"He is agreat pleasure to work with."
"Richard is a very sensible and thoughtful lawyer."
"Richard has an extraordinary ability to explain complicated issues in a succinct and easy manner."
"He is agreat pleasure to work with."