Submitted by: Ewan Sheriff
Today, Ewan Sheriff is a highly successful lawyer working from a new home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ewan has accumulated many years commercial experience in several sectors, and this article charts his career progression from his graduation to the present day.
Upon completion of his academic curriculum at the University of Dundee in 1990, Ewan Sheriff relocated to Edinburgh to commence his two-year articling practicum in Trusts, Residential Property, Litigation and Commercial Property laws with Morison s LLP; then regarded as a progressive, entrepreneurial firm. In August of 1992, he was deemed professionally competent and was called to the Law Society of Scotland as a fully qualified lawyer.
Having long held an interest in commercial real estate, Ewan made an early career decision to specialize in the area of Commercial Property. He chose to join Semple Fraser in late 1992, due to their concentration of high-profile, cross-border transactions and clientele in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester, UK. During this period Mr Sheriff was a direct assistant to one of the founding Partners, which afforded him exponential experience in the full life-cycle of Commercial Real Estate transactions, from purchase through to Asset Management and leasing.
Ewan was pinpoint recruited by Archibald Campbell & Harley of Edinburgh in 1993, and at the age of 28, he made history as this one hundred year old firm s youngest Partner, known for it s forward-thinking attitude and it s expertise and market commentary. Midway through his eight year tenure at Archibald, Ewan s professional undertakings became more concentrated on business development whilst continuing to service his investment purchases and commercial leasing portfolio. Ewan Sheriff also drafted a full suite of precedents encompassing Commercial Leases, Rent Review Agreements, Licences for Work, Reporting Procedures, Trusts and construction documentation; that continue to be in production.
Between 2001-2004, Ewan Sheriff was one of sixty-five Partners at the UK-wide firm of Shepherd + Wedderburn. Sheriff focused on increasing his exposure and developing his expertise in the investment and development fields; whilst establishing and maintaining a select client base at this historically blue blood practice. Working out of the Edinburgh location, Ewan was charged with developing the Real Estate Department, which included human resource, accounting, office management, cost management, and budget management cross-functionalities. Mr Sheriff regularly advised on Limited Companies, Limited Partnerships, Jersey Property Unit Trusts, Offshore Vehicles and Trusts, in association with Channel Island colleagues and professionals. He was also widely conversant in all aspects of UK Stamp Duty Land Tax, Single Purpose Vehicles laws and UK & Channel Islands Corporate Governance.
In 2004, Ewan was recruited as a Partner, to implement a new real estate department at Dickson Minto, one of the UK s leading corporate finance and private equity firms. During his five year career there, Ewan Sheriff created one of the best known, high exposure real estate practices in the UK by regularly transacting fantastic high-profile deals, which subsequently quadrupled turnover and team size within three years of inception. As with previous firms, Ewan s functions remained diverse in office management, staff development, business development and procurement along with his legal practice of Management and Administration of Investment Vehicles, Memoranda and Articles of Association, Trust Deeds, Partnership Agreements, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Jersey Property Unit Trusts, Ijara Leasing Schemes, Single Purpose Vehicle purchases, Limited Partnerships, Delaware Limited Partnerships, Listed Property Vehicles and Discretionary Trust issues.
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