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Bristows LLP
100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Providing clear, practical and commercial advice, Gemma is an experienced member of the real estate team, with a broad practice across all aspects of commercial property work but with a particular focus on acquisitions/disposal, asset management and corporate occupier work.

Gemma has represented a diverse range of clients – working with institutional investors and funds, charitable bodies as well as corporate occupiers ranging from small start-ups acquiring their first leased premises to HQ relocations for large multinational organisations. She has particular exposure advising US companies entering the UK market.

Gemma routinely works with our corporate and tax departments to ensure clients receive a complete service and has published a number of articles in Estates Gazette.

Highlights of 2018 include:

  • Acting for a multinational tech company in consolidating its employees into single London premises which involved advising on the early exit of surplus premises and re-gearing the terms of, and expanding, its primary office space
  • Acting for several US tech companies expanding into the UK market
  • Advising a Chinese tech company on its UK real estate interests, including a pre-let of a bespoke multi-use HQ facility.

Career

Qualified 2008

Education

(First Class Hons) Business Studies, Sheffield University
LPC, Nottingham Law School

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers

(Rising stars)

Gemma KirschBristows LLP

Recently bolstering its technology and life sciences capability, the ‘collaborative’ team at Bristows LLP advises clients on noteworthy office relocations. ‘Standout professional’  Teresa Edmund leads the team and is a key port of call for charities, learned institutions and not-for-profit organisations. Tim Allen is knowledgeable of corporate transactions in the healthcare, logistics and office sectors and Suzanne Hooks often assists long-term client Blue Diamond Group. Gemma Kirsch provides the team with strength in asset management.