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Gillian Holgate

Partner

Gillian has over 30 years' experience advising on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including private and public M&A including carve out sales, demergers and spin offs, joint ventures, reorganisations and restructurings, re-domiciliations, IPOs and other equity offerings, and general corporate/corporate governance and listed company advisory work. 
Over the course of her career she has advised both public and private companies and financial institutions, and her clients have included UK and non UK companies across a range of sectors. Over the last 15 years, her particular focus has been advising global corporates on complex, multi-jurisdictional and multi-faceted spin offs/demergers, carve out sales and acquisitions and group/business reorganisations.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, The Law Society
  • Member, City of London Solicitors' Company

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1987

Academic

LLB (Hons), The University of Manchester, 1984
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.