View all lawyer profiles from this firm
Deborah Gordon Brown
Deborah Gordon Brown is a partner in the commercial property team, with specific focus on the investment and retail leisure sectors.
She acts for some of the firm’s major clients in these sectors, including the Highcross Group of Companies, WH Smith, Gala Coral and Thomas Cook. She advises the clients in relation to the acquisition of high-value investment portfolios, as well as development, funding, acquisition, disposal and portfolio management issues.
Gordon Brown’s most recent experiences include acting for the Gala Coral Group in its recent re-financing and internal sale and leaseback project with a value of approximately £500m and the acquisition of a number of investment properties for the Highcross Group with a value in excess of £100m.
Having completed her Law LLB at the University of Kingstone Upon Hull, Gordon Brown went on to complete her LPC at the College of Law, Lancaster Gate, before undertaking her training contract at Lovells. Upon qualification in 1989, she stayed with the firm as a solicitor until joining Shoosmiths in 1995, where she became a partner in 1999. Gordon Brown is acknowledged as being ‘excellent’ in her field by the Legal 500.
View all lawyer profiles from this firm
News from Shoosmiths
Shoosmiths warns over access to Technology Strategy Board funding
Shoosmiths aims to raise £60,000 for Barnado's between May 2013 and April 2014
ACH Shoosmiths moves to Edinburgh's Exchange district
Shoosmiths recruits Ben Turner as a partner in its corporate team
Alex Jones joins Shoosmiths' real-estate group as partner
News from The Lawyer
City elite in brand war over law to ban 'lazy' possessive suffixes
Shoosmiths promotes six to partner across national network
Shoosmiths adds publishing group after acquiring niche digital firm
Government unveils revamped legal panel
EMW, Morgan Cole and Shoosmiths install Cambridge software group's MBO
Briefings from Shoosmiths
Using a business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) plan
How businesses can cope with disasters.
Judgment deals with decision making by pension trustees
On 9 May 2013, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the cases of Futter and another v HMRC and Pitt and another v HMRC.
Analysis from The Lawyer
Pay checks
Compliance and corporate governance codes for large financial institutions will undoubtedly include provisions to regulate high pay in the future
Focus: Alternative business structures - Law and new order
There’s more to the ABS model than attracting the man in the street and procuring external investment. Partners at the big corporate firms, take note…
