Work Department

Property

Position

Elaine trained and qualified in Scotland and thereafter re-qualified in England and Wales in 2000 whilst working in London for a city firm.

She has more than 20 years' experience in the real estate sector, including involvement in major UK-wide property transactions, multiple property "portfolio" deals and cross-border work.

Elaine has long-standing relationships with a number of the firm’s clients across a variety of disciplines and heads up the Scottish-based arm of our English Property Unit.

Clients include energy companies, investors, developers, hotel operators, house builders, manufacturers, housing associations, funders, retailers and healthcare providers.  Examples are: Mactaggart & Mickel Homes Limited; Caring Homes Healthcare Group Limited; Clydesdale Bank PLC; BDL Select Hotels; BayWa r.e. UK Limited; Vattenfall; Falck; and Macdonald Resorts.

Education

1994 - University of Glasgow - LLB (Hons) (Private Law)1995 - University of Glasgow – Diploma in Legal Practice (Distinction)2000 – College of Law, London – Qualified Lawyers Transfer Course 2009 – University of Northumbria – Post-Graduate Diploma in Property Development, Planning and Environmental Law