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Gillian Smith
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Gillian Smith  Partner
+44 (0)20 7111 2647
gillian.smith@sjberwin.com

Gillian joined the firm with experience both in private practice (Linklaters) and as in house counsel and became a partner in the Finance Department in 1985.

She was subsequently seconded for two years to Wachtell Lipton in New York where she specialised in highly leveraged transactions.

She now advises both banking and corporate clients on a wide range of domestic and international financial transactions, spanning securitisation and all aspects of secured and unsecured lending with a particular focus on property finance and acquisition finance.

Gillian is listed in the Euromoney's Guide to Leading Banking Lawyers of the World and is recommended by Chambers as "incredibly professional".