Liz Gibbons
Liz is the Head of our Social Housing team and coordinates all social housing work across the firm. She is a Senior Associate in our Real Estate Division and deals with a variety of commercial and residential transactions with a particular focus on the social housing sector.
Liz joined us in March 2018. Before that, she worked at a Bristol firm as Head of the Residential Property Department and was also appointed as Solicitor for Wales at the Leasehold Advisory Service.
Liz has acted for a range of clients to include social housing providers, commercial investors, property developers and high net-worth individuals dealing with acquisitions, disposals and refinancing of properties. Liz also has extensive experience in dealing with residential property and leasehold issues.
She appreciates the need to understand both a client’s legal requirements and its commercial, practical needs.
- Acting in freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals of land and property.
- Acting in the grant, assignment and renewal of leases/ underleases.
- Drafting and reviewing Licences, Deeds of Surrender, Deeds of Easements and Deeds of Variation.
- Acting on the acquisition, disposal and charging of agricultural land and property.
- Acting on the acquisition of land for use in a renewable energy project.
- Acting on Development Transactions to include s38 agreements and s104 agreements.
- Acquisitions and disposals
- Commercial landlord and tenant
- Commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments
- Portfolio management
- Public Sector Advice
Career
- Senior Associate, Capital Law Limited (Mar 2018 – present)
- Associate Solicitor, Lyons Davidson Solicitors (Jun 2015 – Mar 2018)
- Real Estate Solicitor, Blake Morgan (Jul 2014 – Jun 2015)
- Solicitor for Wales, Leasehold Advisory Service (Jul 2013 – Jun 2014)
- Associate Solicitor, Eversheds LLP (Mar 2009 – Jun 2015)
- Solicitor, Burroughs Day Solicitors (Apr 2008 – Feb 2009)
Education
- Cardiff University: LPC (2006 – 2007)
- University of Glamorgan: CPE Diploma in Law (2005 – 2006)
- Cardiff University: BA English Literature (2000 – 2003)
Memberships / Trustee Positions
- The Law Society of England and Wales