Nic Crocker is a qualified solicitor, now retired, and was a partner in large national and international firms of solicitors. Having been a founding partner of the commercial services division of DWF in Leeds, he was National Head of Real Estate at DWF for 6 years, during which time the real estate business quintupled in size, and subsequently Head of its Leeds office. Prior to that he was a partner at Eversheds for 10 years and Hammonds [now called Squire Patton Boggs] for 8 years. Nic lives in Leeds and plays Masters hockey having represented Yorkshire and North of England, and England in the 2023 European Championships.