Elizabeth Blease
General counsel and company secretary
SEGRO
Elizabeth Blease has been general counsel of industrial property owner and developer SEGRO since 2008.
During the company’s recent panel review, SEGRO re-appointed Eversheds and Nabarro as chosen external law firms. Blease says that the fact the two firms work well together is of great benefit to her company, combined with the fact that they consistently provide quality, pro-active advice.
Blease says she enjoys ‘very good relationships’ with her firms including Slaughter and May, which handles the majority of the company’s corporate work. This included the disposal of €1.4bn of the company’s non-core assets in the UK last summer.
Law firms used: Eversheds, Nabarro, Slaughter and May
2008–present: General counsel and company secretary, SEGRO
2005–08: Solicitor and company secretary, Marshalls
1997–2005: Solicitor and company secretary, Brammer