Gail Vallis > Gardner Leader LLP > Swindon, England > Lawyer Profile

Gardner Leader LLP
HARDWICK HOUSE
PROSPECT PLACE
SWINDON
SN1 3LJ
England

Position

Gail is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Team.

Gail advises on business and share sale and purchases, internal restructuring, shareholders’ agreements and articles of association as well as corporate governance and providing general corporate advice.

Corporate

Gail has particular experience of the life sciences sector. Prior to qualification as a solicitor, Gail worked as a project manager in biopharmaceutical contract research before moving to the in-house legal team of Merck KGaA. Here she advised the life sciences, pharmaceutical and consumer health businesses of Merck Millipore (Now Millipore Sigma), Merck Healthcare and Seven Seas amongst others. Gail provided the UK legal post-acquisition integration support for the acquisition of Sigma Aldrich – the largest acquisition in the group’s history. After 10 years in the life science sector, in both commercial and legal roles, Gail made the move to private practice advising clients in this sector along with others.