Donna is a partner in the Real Estate team with over 15 years' experience in all aspects of commercial real estate. She acts for a number of impressive household names in the retail and leisure sector, assisting them with their lease acquisition and disposal programmes and management of their portfolios.

Donna also acts for a range of private property investors, assisting them in all aspects of the property life cycle from acquisitions to lettings and portfolio management and ultimate disposal of a broad range of commercial property assets including retail and leisure premises, offices and industrial properties, and for a number of banking institutions in connection with real estate finance work.

Donna’s extensive experience helps her to provide a value-added service with a commercial and pragmatic approach. Clients appreciate Donna’s acute eye for detail, approachability and commercial common sense.

Jurisdiction: Scotland

Recent experience

• Acting for a major national grocer in connection with their extensive property portfolio in Scotland.
• Acting for retail and leisure operators entering into agreements for lease for premises within a large shopping centre development.
• Acting for a furniture retailer in relation to an agreement for lease of a large unit on a retail park.
• Acting for national retail and leisure operators in relation to re-gears of their Scottish lease portfolios as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.