Mr Miles Ede > Addleshaw Goddard > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Addleshaw Goddard Offices
EXCHANGE TOWER
19 CANNING STREET
EDINBURGH
EH3 8EH
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Mr Miles Ede

Work Department
Real Estate.
Position
Miles is head of Real Estate in Scotland and specialises in portfolio acquisition and asset management for both occupiers and investors. Miles works with some of the best-known names in the telecoms sector, leading European investment trusts, FTSE 100 companies and private property companies among many others. Miles is also a member of the firm’s Real Estate Division Executive board board.
Career
Trained HBJ Gateley; qualified 1997; partner HBJ Gateley 2002 to 2017; partner Addleshaw Goddard 2017 to date.
Languages
None
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland.
Education
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University (1994 LLB Hons 1995 Dip LP).
Leisure
Hockey, cycling, triathlon and multi-sports, travel
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
(Leading partners)Addleshaw Goddard is actively engaged in sectors including student accommodation, hotels, and significant portfolio realignments. Alison Newton, who co-leads the firm’s UK and international real estate practice, focuses particularly on student accommodation and build-to-rent projects. Miles Ede, who heads the Scottish real estate team, is a popular choice for UK corporate occupier clients. Alastair Cowan often works with international private equity and institutional investors on portfolio acquisitions and the development of student accommodations. Caroline Coulter, promoted to partner in November 2023, specialises in real estate investment and asset management. Paul Ockrim and Nick Taylor left the firm in May 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Scotland > Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow Scotland > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Transport
- Real estate > Construction
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property