Amide coupling between [2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]methylamine and 1′-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-1-carboxylic acid (Hdpf) afforded a novel diphosphine-amide, 1-{N-[(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)methyl]carbamoyl}-1′-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (1), which was subsequently studied as a ligand for palladium(II) complexes. Depending on the metal precursor, the following complexes were isolated: [PdCl 2 (1-κ 2 P,P′)] (2), [PdCl(Me)(1-κ 2 P,P′)] (3), [(μ-1){PdCl 2 (PBu 3 )} 2 ] (4) and [(μ-1){PdCl(L NC )} 2 ] (L NC =2-[(dimethylamino-κN)methyl]phenyl-κC 1 ), featuring this ligand either as a trans-chelating or as a P,P′-bridging donor. The crystal structure of 2·1.25CH 2 Cl 2 was established by X-ray crystallography, corroborating that 1 coordinates as a trans-spanning diphosphine without any significant distortion to the coordination sphere. Complex 2 together with a catalyst prepared in situ from 1 and palladium(II) acetate were tested in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid in dioxane.