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05 March 2026
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Taylor Wessing—Gemma Grunewald

London tax practice strengthened by real estate specialist hire

Taylor Wessing has appointed Gemma Grunewald as a partner in its London tax practice. She joins from a leading international law firm, where she specialised in real estate tax, and her arrival marks a strategic step in the firm’s continued growth in the real estate sector.

Grunewald focuses on real estate tax structuring for listed and private companies, private equity funds and institutional investors. Her expertise spans REIT structures, real estate funds, corporate real estate and mainstream corporate tax advice, with significant cross-border advisory and transactional experience.

UK managing partner Shane Gleghorn said Grunewald is ‘a leading real estate tax expert with strong technical capabilities’ and that her arrival ‘significantly strengthens our real estate tax practice and reinforces our commitment to growth in the Real Estate Sector.’

Graham Samuel-Gibbon, head of the tax and incentives practice, said she brings ‘exceptional expertise across the full spectrum of Real Estate Tax work’, while Grunewald added that the firm’s platform provides ‘an exceptional foundation to deliver enhanced services to clients’ and to help them ‘navigate their most complex real estate tax structuring challenges.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bellevue Law—Lianne Craig

Bellevue Law—Lianne Craig

Workplace law firm expands commercial disputes team with senior consultant hire

EIP—Rob Barker

EIP—Rob Barker

IP firm promotes patent attorney to partner

Muckle LLP—Ryan Butler

Muckle LLP—Ryan Butler

Banking and restructuring team bolstered by insolvency specialist

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