Hugh Ford – Real estate

Hugh Ford General counsel Capital Shopping Centres   Hugh Ford has a small in-house team at Capital Shopping Centres – just one other lawyer and a secondee. But this means he loves the variety of his job, the ‘never quite knowing what issue is going to come across your desk next’.

Andrew Walsh – Qatari Diar

Andrew Walsh General counsel Qatari Diar   Projects and construction partner Andrew Walsh joined Qatari Diar as acting general counsel from Speechly Bircham, where he was a partner. He was on secondment to Qatari Diar when he was offered the in-house role permanently in March 2011.

Katherine Laurenson – Real estate

Katherine Laurenson Senior solicitor Legal & General Property   Katherine Laurenson is a self-confessed ‘deal junkie’ and has carved out a particular niche advising on all aspects of fund structuring for Legal & General Property. It currently has over £10bn of assets under management, making it one of the UK’s largest institutional property fund managers.