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TINA DURANI
PQE: 14 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2016 following a career at Clifford Chance. Tina specialises in major acquisitions and developments.
Career Highlights:
• Acquisition of a debt portfolio comprising 141 commercial properties from Lloyds Banking for a competitor
• Initial investment and development of Walbrook Square for £240m for Metrovacesa and its subsidiaries
• £500m restoration of Kings Cross station for Network Rail
ANITA GARGYE
PQE: 20 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2016 following a career at DWF.
Career Highlights:
• Due diligence on property investments for an arm’s length investment company owned by a local authority
• Asset management for Local Authorities
• Acquisitions of commercial premises for Scottish Widows Pension Fund
• Multi-million pound sale of commercial premises for a utilities company
• Negotiating over 50 Agreements for Lease, Leases and Licences on investment properties for Lancashire County Council’s pension property portfolio
NICHOLA GRAY
PQE: 18 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2018 having previously worked at DLA Piper, Knights plc and as a consultant with Lawyers on Demand and Pinsent Masons.
Career Highlights:
• Acting as part of the team advising Cala Group Limited in respect of its acquisition of Banner Homes plc
• Acted as part of the team advising in respect of the sale of Roadchef Limited, including drafting complex Certi cates of Title relating to motorway service stations, for £153m
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex Certi cates of Title for blue chip institutional investors
MELANIE GREER-WALKER
PQE: 17 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2018 following a career at Fresh elds Bruckhaus Deringer and in-house at One Housing Group Ltd.
Career Highlights:
• Purchase of a prime mixed-use retail, leisure, of ce and residential development for £26.3m
• Purchase of a multi-let of ce block as an investment for a Borough Council for £23.4m
• Sale of an investment portfolio of mixed-use commercial properties both at auction and by private sale for a high net worth individual
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