Profile
Alasdair Garbutt LLB (Hons)
Partner
I am a partner in the real estate team and head the department. I deal with a wide range of work in this area, including sales and acquisitions, development transactions, landlord and tenant and property management matters.
I work closely with many large national as well as local clients, advising on all their real estate needs and am “recommended” by The Legal 500 UK.
I am also a trustee of Cheltenham Open Door – a local charity which helps vulnerable people.
Helping Joedan on their journey
For almost three decades, Willans has advised a nationally renowned specialist in trade supply and home and commercial improvements. Here, in the first of a series of articles, we reflect…
License for alterations – do I need one?
As a team, we’re regularly asked by tenants proposing to carry out work at their premises if they really need to document the plans. Often, the landlord has already told…
New flexibility for commercial buildings as rules allow empty premises to be changed into homes
In a further relaxation of planning regulations, new rules allowing commercial premises to be converted into homes kicked in at the end of March this year. The government claims this…