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DAC Beachcroft is one of the three appointees to the UK legal panel of United Drug following a formal tender process over the summer.
The panel comprises three firms, including DAC Beachcroft, and covers a broad range of legal areas including Acquisitions & Mergers, Commercial, Competition and Regulatory, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Employment and Tax. The appointment reflects DAC Beachcroft’s commitment and integrated offering to the independent healthcare sector.
Jocelyn Ormond, corporate partner at DAC Beachcroft who will lead the firm's team, said: "We are delighted to be joining United Drug’s UK legal panel, and our appointment is testament to DAC Beachcroft's strength in the private healthcare sector across all practice areas. We bring to our relationship with United Drug a keen understanding of the challenges and opportunities which the healthcare and pharmaceuticals markets present."
Léon Atkins, General Counsel at United Drug, said: “We are delighted with the outcome of the appointment process, which further consolidates our adviser base whilst driving value and service quality. The rigorous and exacting approach we have adopted in defining our ongoing requirements and appointing the panel will ensure our legal community continues to meet the evolving needs of United Drug in supporting the delivery of its global risk management strategy.”
Based in Dublin and listed on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges, United Drug has a global presence, predominantly in the US, UK and Continental Europe. With annual revenues exceeding €1.7 billion, over 60% of United Drug’s profits are derived from outside Ireland.
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With over 2,000 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific.
We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate.
We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with. Our flexible approach to resourcing enables us to apply the right mix of legal, commercial and process skills to deliver the right outcome at the right price, depending on our clients’ individual needs.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2012, recognised 121 of our partners and professionals as leading lawyers and we hold 84 rankings in 34 separate practice areas, 20 of which are number one rankings.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard and we are the largest law firm in the country to hold a silver Investors in People award.