Dickinson Dees has scored a plum role advising Parkdean Holidays on the UK caravan park operator's £135.3m acquisition by buy-out house PD Parks, as the leisure sector continues to generate a stream of bluechip transactional work.

The Newcastle giant landed a direct instruction ahead of national competition to advise longstanding client Parkdean on the deal, which was announced last week.

Dickinson Dees fielded a team led by corporate partner Jonathan Hewitt and including corporate associate Michael Babcock and real estate associate Malcolm Wood on the deal.