Gillian White > Howard Kennedy LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Howard Kennedy LLP
NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Gillian White is a partner and head of the M&A team. She is an experienced corporate solicitor who is committed to her clients and their commercial success. She is Head of the M&A team and takes the lead on corporate governance services at Howard Kennedy.

Gillian’s clients appreciate her commercial acumen, pragmatism and common sense.

Gillian acts for entrepreneurial clients, larger companies and institutions looking to acquire or invest in entrepreneurial businesses. Many of her clients are based in the US and Scandinavia.

Gillian works with businesses with valuable intellectual property and those in the creative, retail and leisure industries working closely with Howard Kennedy’s IP and Commercial team to offer innovative solutions and opportunities to clients.

She additionally collaborates with Howard Kennedy’s Private Wealth team on helping clients with succession planning, governance structures and family investment companies and dealing with valuable corporate assets that form part of marital assets or an estate.

Her transactional experience means that she is adept at managing complex projects and drawing advice from multiple professional advisers and clients’ commercial teams. Her corporate governance experience means that she is adept at uncovering and understanding competing stakeholder needs and providing commercial and sensitive guidance.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

Howard Kennedy LLP has a strong market reputation for its M&A practice which has expertise in domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, investments, joint ventures, and reorganisations. The group has experience in the retail and hospitality, corporate real estate, renewable energy, and fintech industries, among others. Gillian White leads the practice and stands out for her ‘strategic acumen, common sense, and ability to find creative solutions.’ White acts for both prominent entrepreneurs and major multinationals, and boasts vast experience handling M&A transactions, investments, and joint ventures. Ashley Reeback concentrates on public and private M&A and AIM transactions, assisting predominantly business owners and managers. Hotels and leisure sector expert Stephanie Brigg is adept in M&A, private equity, and corporate real estate transactions, as well as joint ventures, while Charlotte Whitworth focuses on real estate transactions. Eve Gallagher and Benjamin Filmer, who joined the team in January 2023 from Freeths LLP, bring a wealth of transactional experience to the group, such as distressed M&A and asset acquisitions and sales.