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Carol Nisbet

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
6 Queens Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4ZT
United Kingdom
Languages English

Carol Nisbet is a partner in the Real Estate Group advising clients on a broad cross-section of mandates including commercial leasing, investment acquisitions and disposals, development work and secured lending. 

Carol advises a broad range of clients including Knight Frank Investment Management, CBRE Global Investors, Cordatus and Alpha Real Capital.  Carol also has particular expertise in the corporate occupier sector advising clients such as Equinor, Standard Life Aberdeen, Lloyds Register, Repsol, WeWork, Hunting plc., EnQuest and TAQA Bratani.  

Carol is also Regional Chairman of the Association of Women in Property, a Steering Committee member of the Aberdeen Construction & Property Conference and was a tutor for many years at the University of Aberdeen in real estate aspects of Energy Law. 

Recommended by Legal 500, Carol is described as being ‘able to focus on the important matters in a transaction and has the trust of her clients in advising on all aspects of commercial property.’

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Relevant experience

  • Knight Frank Investment Management – acted in the £100m investment acquisition of The Leonardo Innovation Hub at Crewe Toll, Edinburgh for South Korean investors.   
  • Opportunity North East – acted on behalf of Opportunity North East in the acquisition and development of a £50m Bio-therapeutics hub in Aberdeen. 
  • Bank of London and Middle East – acted on behalf of Bank of London and The Middle East plc on the £27m acquisition of the Scottish Gas headquarters at Waterfront Avenue in Edinburgh.
  • Transocean Drilling UK Limited – advised Transocean Drilling UK Limited in connection with the lease of their 76,000 sq. ft. Aberdeen office headquarters to TAQA Bratani Limited.  
  • Lloyds Register - acted on behalf Lloyds Register in connection with the lease for their 100,000 sq. ft. office development at Prime Four Business Park in Aberdeen and on their various subsequent sub-lettings and on-going asset management work.  Also advising on their lease of headquarters at Skypark in Glasgow.
  • Aberdeen Standard Life:  advising in relation to their 100,000 square feet Scottish headquarters at 6-8 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh as well as in relation to their development at Exchange Crescent, Conference Square, Edinburgh.
  • WeWork: acting on behalf of WeWork in relation to all Scottish real estate transactions including the development and lease of their landmark offices at 80 George Street, Edinburgh.
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Education

  • 2002 – Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
  • 2001 – LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
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