National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, has been re-appointed to The Crown Estate’s two-firm energy, minerals and infrastructure legal panel to advise on its minerals and infrastructure portfolio.
The firm, which also advises on The Crown Estate’s rural and coastal portfolio, will continue to advise its minerals and infrastructure business, including its interests in marine aggregates and subsea cables and pipelines.
The appointment follows a competitive tender process that started last September. 
London and Washington DC-based international firm Hogan Lovells has joined Bond Dickinson on the panel, replacing Norton Rose Fulbright. It will handle legal advice for the Crown Estate’s renewable energy business.
Bond Dickinson chairman and client relationship partner, Nick Page, pictured, said: “We are delighted to cement our long relationship with The Crown Estate and to continue to support them with our outstanding expertise in minerals and infrastructure.”
The Crown Estate is the sovereign’s public estate, made up of land and buildings. General counsel and company secretary, Rob Booth, said the panel appointments would support its continued delivery of a best in class legal service across The Crown Estate.
“We have great confidence in Bond Dickinson to advise us on this highly strategic portfolio of assets,” he added.
Bond Dickinson provides legal services across a wide range of sectors including energy, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, retail, transport, real estate and private wealth.
The firm, which employs 250 people in Bristol, has also announced that it will be strengthening its presence in Scotland with the opening of an office in Edinburgh. It already has a presence in Aberdeen. The Edinburgh office will focus on delivering legal services to clients in the firm’s key sectors, in particular energy, financial institutions and real estate.
