Crispin Dick | Partner | Head of Commercial | Paris Smith Skip to content

My experience

Having spent the first 24 years of my legal career at firms in London, I joined Paris Smith as a partner in the Commercial team in June 2011.

My clients include large international corporates as well as smaller owner managed businesses.  My experience covers a wide range of sectors including financial services, automotive, healthcare, leisure, consumer, food and drinks, rail and technology.  The areas of commercial law that I can assist clients with includes:

  • outsourcing and services agreements;
  • supply of goods, distribution, manufacturing and agency agreements;
  • software licensing, development, and other IT agreements;
  • joint ventures and collaboration agreements;
  • e-commerce and business to consumer terms and conditions;
  • data protection, GDPR and other regulatory issues;
  • constitutional and corporate governance issues; and
  • business sales.

I use my years of experience in acting for different clients to offer tried and tested solutions and guide clients not only on what their options are, but on what the best option for them might be in a given situation.

I am the Company Secretary of the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership.

How I’ve helped our clients

Sources say ‘Crispin Dick has excellent industry knowledge and did not just help us draft our necessary legal documents but also alerted us to other potential pitfalls. Being a company centred around the use of AI, we are determined to do it legally and well. Crispin was able to guide us adequately;’ ‘Excellent client service and responsiveness. Always commercially focussed and delivered in a timely manner. We have worked with Crispin for a number of years and he is an invaluable support on all our in-house legal work’ and ‘Crispin Dick is outstanding in his delivery of timely and commercial advice. We are extremely grateful for the work that Crispin and his colleague Ryan Mitchell have done to support our business over recent months whilst our business has been entering into a number of new commercial contracts.’

Legal 500 2025 Edition - Client Testimonials

A referee says "Crispin Dick is extremely knowledgeable and always provides practical, timely advice."

Legal 500 2024 Edition

Paris Smith have supported us with various commercial contracts and are our trusted advisors when we require legal support. Fantastic leadership team who are heavily active in the Southampton business community. We felt we received a very high standard of consultancy, precision and attention to detail. All future legal work requirements will be with PS. Thank you team for your help on our matters.

Josh Mitchell, Managing Director
Mitchell & Stones Ltd

We had initially emailed Emily Sadler but didn't get a response, so I followed up with another member of staff and got an immediate response together with an apology that we hadn't received an auto response as Emily had since left. Crispin Dick arranged a phone call with me very quickly and as usual was extremely helpful in talking through my questions. I have always had positive experiences with Paris Smith and in particular Richard, Crispin and Emily and would have no hesitation in recommending their services to others.

Clare Hodder, Director
Rightszone Ltd

Very pleased to have had Crispin work on a number of important matters in recent years. Great confidence in his expertise, attention to detail and overall commercial approach to seeing an instruction through to a positive conclusion within realistic time frames.

Carl Virgo, Head of Consumer Finance - R Raphael & Sons plc

Quick to respond, quick to make changes and priced well for the service

A commercial client

Kept in touch and the Brief we were given was comprehensive. It answered our questions and went on to suggest a way forward.

Roger Peplow, Vice-Chair of Governors
St George Catholic VA School, Southampton

Always a pleasant interaction with Paris Smith. Quick responses and clear pricing

A Commercial Client

Crispin Dick provides exemplary service and I would not hesitate to recommend his services.

Legal 500 - 2022 Edition