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Gillian is a regulatory consultant specialising in the venture finance sector. She works with EIS fund and portfolio managers as well as capital raisers, promoters, researchers and crowdfunding platforms.

Gillian is known for providing expert and pragmatic solutions to the industry. In addition to her experience working with many EISA members, she is an active advocate of EIS. Gillian chairs our regulatory committee and is a member of the EISA board.

Beyond EIS, Gillian also advises social impact investment firms, private equity firms and FinTech companies such as peer to peer lenders.

Devonshires is a 63-partner law firm which supports its commercial clients from offices in London, Leeds and Birmingham and Colchester. Our team has considerable expertise in setting up SEIS and EIS schemes acting for both investors and the company. The firm also advises on M&A, financing and other transactions of a corporate nature. The majority of the work of our corporate team is for owner managed businesses so we know that responsiveness and a commercial approach are vital for our clients.

DMH Stallard LLP is a 65 partner law firm which supports its commercial clients from offices in London, Crawley, Guildford and Brighton. Our award-winning corporate lawyers advise entrepreneurial start-ups, fast-growth companies and substantial groups in the UK and overseas. While we routinely act on large and complex transactions, our clients are typically entrepreneurial in style, preferring a responsive focussed legal team which can deliver deals, and add resource where needed. We assist corporate clients from their incorporation in achieving their equity fundraising goals, including by means of EIS and SEIS, through to IPO and beyond. What defines our clients is their requirement for a high level of partner involvement, a willingness to be commercial and practical, and service delivery through small focussed corporate teams spread across London and the South East. We are delighted that our clients feel able to say that we are “Quick, knowledgeable, pragmatic and efficient” and that we “work as a strong team with excellent communication and high technical competence and are very responsive”.