Rachael Allen joins the international commercial law firm following more 12 years in the real estate team at Nabarro in Sheffield. Andrew Wright reports.

Rachael joins International law firm Hill Dickinson, which has offices in Liverpool, London and Hong Kong, as Senior Associate in the property team.

Rachael is moving back to her home town of Liverpool after joining Nabarro’s real estate team in Sheffield as a newly qualified solicitor back in 2005.

She will work within Hill Dickinson’s growing property and construction team, which is led by David Swaffield, and will advise clients on property work including sales, acquisitions, landlord and tenant matters, due diligence, corporate and banking support work.

Commenting on her return to Liverpool and joining Hill Dickinson Rachael said: “I am really pleased to be returning to Liverpool, the city where I went to school, college and university, and where my family still live.

Its property team is one of the fastest growing in the north and it was a great opportunity for me to join at a time of rapid expansion and to be working alongside some of the leading property law professionals in the UK.”

Head of Hill Dickinson’s Property team David Swaffield said: “Rachael brings over a decade of property law experience to the firm and joins us at an important time as this dynamic team builds on its recent success and plans for further growth in 2017.”