Gillian is a director in our Commercial Real Estate team.
She has considerable experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, with a particular focus on development, including retail, investment, industrial and occupier. Used to working on high value, high profile complex transactions she is pragmatic, pro-active and solution driven.
Most recently she has been working with and assisting a number of major oil and gas operators meet their real estate requirements, including Total E&P UK Limited, Dana Petroleum Plc, Seabrokers Property Limited, Aker Solutions ASA and Balmoral Park Limited.
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