Gillian White

Gillian White is a partner and head of the M&A team. She is an experienced corporate solicitor who is committed to her clients and their commercial success. She is Head of the M&A team and takes the lead on corporate governance services at Howard Kennedy.

Gillian's clients appreciate her commercial acumen, pragmatism and common sense.

Gillian acts for entrepreneurial clients, larger companies and institutions looking to acquire or invest in entrepreneurial businesses. Many of her clients are based in the US and Scandinavia.

Gillian works with businesses with valuable intellectual property and those in the creative, retail and leisure industries working closely with Howard Kennedy's IP and Commercial team to offer innovative solutions and opportunities to clients.

She additionally collaborates with Howard Kennedy's Private Wealth team on helping clients with succession planning, governance structures and family investment companies and dealing with valuable corporate assets that form part of marital assets or an estate.

Her transactional experience means that she is adept at managing complex projects and drawing advice from multiple professional advisers and clients' commercial teams. Her corporate governance experience means that she is adept at uncovering and understanding competing stakeholder needs and providing commercial and sensitive guidance.