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1 CORNHILL
LONDON
EC3V 3ND
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Russell Dellar

Work Department
Real Estate Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Russell is a specialist real estate finance lawyer, with over 20 years’ experience leading teams of international lawyers on numerous high profile and complex domestic and international cross-border real estate and development finance transactions. He also has extensive insolvency and corporate recovery and acquisition expertise and is recognised as an expert in his field in major legal directories. Russell has developed a high-profile lender and developer client base and has extensive business development, management and training experience. He is also part of the firm’s specialist Equestrian group.
Memberships
Previous Law Firms
- Partner, Bird & Bird LLP (2004–20)
- Head of Real Estate, Landwell (PwC) (2002–04)
- Trainee, Solicitor and Senior Solicitor, Wilde Sapte/Denton Wilde Sapte (1992–2002)
Memberships
- Princes Youth Business Trust Adviser and Panel Chairman
- Racehorse Owners Association
- Director Old Elthamians Assoc and OE Charitable Trust
- Various sporting and fine wine memberships
Education
- Guildford Law School
- University of Reading (LLB Law)
- Eltham College
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
The real estate finance practice at gunnercooke LLP has continued to grow over recent years with several partner hires, including Daniel Fireman from Howard Kennedy LLP in April 2021. The team acts for lenders and borrowers, including clearing banks, alternative lenders, and developers, on property investment and development finance mandates in the residential, office and hotel sectors. Matthew East, Conor Downey and Russell Dellar are other notable members of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Transport > Rail
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Trade finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation