Iain MacLeod
Job title
Partner
Office
Gatwick
Direct line
01293 742880
Responsibilities
Commercial Property, in particular:
- Acquisition, development, disposal and letting of commercial and agricultural property
- Landlord and Tenant (acting for investors, property companies, landlords, tenants, farmers, and landowners)
Profile
Iain trained with Freshfields and was admitted in 1980. After a spell in Freshfields' Commercial Property Department he joined Downs of Dorking, becoming an equity partner in 1982. He stayed with Downs until he joined Thomas Eggar in July 2001. Whilst at Downs he was Head of the Commercial Property Department, Chairman of the firm's management committee and a member of the firm's business development forum. Iain was elected as the firm's Deputy Managing Partner in May 2004.Achievements & other appointments
- Elected as the firm's Deputy Managing Partner in May 2004
- Elected as the firm's Money Laundering Reporting Officer in May 2004
- Head of the firm's property practice
- Recognised as a "leader in their field" by Chambers UK, a client's guide to the legal profession 2009
- Member of the Law Society and Notaries' Society
- Director of The Lifetrain Trust, a youth charity
- Trustee of The Denbies Trust and St Kilda Trust, registered charities
- Churchwarden of St Martin's Church, Dorking
- Immediate past Chairman of Guildford Chamber Choir
- Trainee Principal of the Firm