Elaine has extensive experience in the real estate sector, with a particular area of expertise being large scale property development and the management and supervision of personnel resourcing multi-property transactions.

Elaine's primary focus is the renewable energy sector (offshore and onshore).

Our English property team operates as one team across all of our offices. Elaine is dual-qualified, and works between our London and Glasgow offices and heads up the Scottish-based personnel in the English property team, in addition to leading the firm's property sub-team which specialises in English and Welsh renewable energy work. Elaine advises a number of our energy clients on their English and Welsh projects (onshore and offshore), including new option agreements/leases; site assembly; easements and land rights; highway and infrastructure agreements; DCO/CPO property support; and variations of operational projects.

In addition, Elaine has long-standing relationships with a number of the firm’s clients across a variety of disciplines. Clients include house builders, investors (including forestry), developers, hotel operators, funders, corporate occupiers and healthcare providers.

Areas of practice include:

Sector experience includes:

Admitted

1997: Scotland
2000: England and Wales

Relevant experience

Leading the team advising on the property aspects of the Outer Dowsing/Round 4 offshore wind project.
Advising ScottishPower Renewables on various aspects of two East Anglia offshore wind projects.
Advising a consortium in relation to its Celtic Sea/Round 5 bid.
Advising various offshore developers on bird nesting leases (and related option agreements and collaboration agreements with other developers of adjacent projects).
Advising various clients (confidential) on option agreements for BESS and solar sites throughout England and Wales.
Advising an energy client (confidential) in relation to the acquisition of six English/Welsh option sites (wind, solar and battery).