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Louise Chambers

Louise Chambers

Louise is a Partner in the Commercial Real Estate team and delivers high quality advice and solutions to clients in the private sector as well as the public and quasi-public sectors. Louise has a particular focus on development, both residential (acting for housebuilders, landowners, developers, social housing providers and investors) and commercial including regeneration projects and finance projects. Louise also has considerable experience in the telecommunications sector, commercial leasing, portfolio management and the acquisition and sale of commercial and investment real estate. Louise is also a contributor to the firm’s Housebuilding, Living and Building Safety Teams. Clients value Louise’s straightforward and focussed approach to deals, ensuring clients get what they need, when they need it.
Peter Chambers

Peter Chambers

Peter Chambers is head of our real estate division. He has substantial and wide-ranging commercial real estate experience, with a particular focus on housebuilding and residential development (acting for developers, housebuilders and housing associations), commercial development, real estate finance, and retail and leisure leasing. In addition, Peter heads up our living sector group, dealing with alternative/operational residential assets, which includes purpose-built student accommodation, build to rent and private rental, affordable / social housing and later living. Peter is dual-qualified under Scots and English law, and sits on the firm’s Governance and Strategy Board, playing a significant role in shaping the long term direction of the firm.
Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones

Ashley heads the firm’s professional negligence department. She has been a litigation lawyer for over 20 years. For the past 18 years, she has practised in the field of professional negligence. She is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in professional negligence law and sits on the Insurance Committee of the Law Society of Scotland. She is a Writer to the Signet (WS), co-chairs the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA) Scottish conference, and is a PNLA representative for Scotland. Ashley is a regular contributor to CPD seminars and training on professional negligence law in Scotland. Ashley is regularly instructed in high-value and complex claims against solicitors and acts in both the pursuit and defence of claims against accountants, financial services professionals and construction clients. Her clients include professional services firms, construction companies, property investment companies, pension trustees and private individuals. She also assists clients in coverage disputes with professional indemnity insurers.
Gavin Paton

Gavin Paton

Gavin operates in the construction & engineering, projects, process plant and outsourcing sectors. He provides advice on procurement strategy (including EU procurement issues), risk assessment/allocation, the drafting and negotiation of contract documentation and contract implementation issues. Projects have involved many different models such as traditional, design and build, PFI, PPP, NPD, hybrid, hub and LIFT procurement models using the open, restricted, negotiated, and competitive dialogue procedures. He is committed to developing long-term relationships with his clients and a detailed understanding of their objectives and attitude to risk. He also lectures in the construction law masters course at the University of Strathclyde.