Rachel Dunn

Expertise

Rachel is a dual-qualified real estate lawyer with over 8 years’ experience in the sector. Rachel is a trusted advisor to a wide range of clients with real estate interests across the UK. She has been instrumental in establishing a leading practice in Scotland offering UK cross border real estate services.

Rachel is commercial and deal driven with experience in the investment, development, retail, industrial, office, residential, operational and mixed use sectors. She acts for investors and developers, banks, other funders, institutions, major retailers, industrials, pension funds, developers, housebuilders, statutory undertakers and other end users.

Rachel sat as the Chair of Women in Property’s Central Scotland branch from March 2020 to February 2021 and continues to be an active member of the committee.

Experience Highlights

• Advising on multiplex cinema chain developments across England and Scotland.
• Advising on the purchase, sale and management of multiple industrial assets.
• Advising on the acquisition of land for high end residential development, complex site set up and onwards plot sales.
• Advising on £100M+ funding deals for a real estate debt investment business on assets across England and Scotland.
• Strategic land value capture agreement advice and support in relation to the re-opening of a modern passenger rail line in England.
• Women in Property Central Scotland Branch Chair from March 2020 to February 2021.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Dentons, Senior Associate (2017 – 2022)
• Maclay Murray & Spens, Solicitor (2013 – 2017)

Memberships

• Women in Property

Education

• University of Glasgow (2006 – 2011)