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Rachael Sleigh

Principal Associate

Rachael is a Principal Associate in our Corporate Real Estate team, with a particular focus on the Life Sciences sector.

She advises on all aspects of non-contentious real estate work, including acquisitions and disposals, asset management, landlord and tenant work, and the real estate elements of corporate deals.

Rachael acts for numerous major corporate occupiers including FTSE 100 listed companies, US corporates, educational institutions and research councils, advising them on a range of real estate issues and particularly in relation to the management and operation of their premises.

Rachael also regularly advises large corporate landowners and developers on agricultural tenancies and on the acquisition and disposal of agricultural land.

Rachael's recent experience includes:

  • advising GlaxoSmithKline Plc on the management of their operational portfolio, on the real estate elements of corporate acquisitions, and on the complex and high-value disposals of their redundant manufacturing sites and research and development facilities. Rachael also assisted the global pharmaceutical client with the £37m disposal of their iconic Horlicks factory, the £60m sale and leaseback of their 300,000 sq ft 3 building office campus at Stockley Park and has recently acted for them on the acquisition of property for their new £120m global consumer company HQ, innovation center and laboratories
  • advising several US corporates on the acquisition of premises for their UK headquarters in London
  • advising the Medical Research Council on the transfer of their UK and African research facilities to universities and on the development of their new state-of-the-art £75m biomedical research facility, the London Institute of Medical Sciences, at Hammersmith Hospital in London
  • acting for an education client during the pandemic in relation to the development of a COVID field hospital and COVID testing centers
  • undertaking secondments to Annington and to the Welsh Government
  • Acritas Star - independently rated lawyer
  • Diploma in Real Estate Law, 2005-2007
  • Diploma in Legal Practice, Cardiff University, 1998-1999
  • LLB (Hons) Law and Sociology, Cardiff University, 1995-1998
Rachael Sleigh

Principal Associate

Rachael Sleigh

Principal Associate

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