Lawrence Stephens—Nisha Saigal

Central London law firm Lawrence Stephens has promoted Senior Associate Nisha Saigal to Director in its Real Estate Finance Department.

Since joining Lawrence Stephens as an Associate in 2015, Nisha’s exceptional dedication and expertise has enabled her to rise through the ranks to Senior Associate and now Director.

A highly valued asset to Lawrence Stephens’ Real Estate Finance team, Nisha has more than 12 years’ experience specialising in commercial property and is known for her commitment to establishing strong relationships and delivering excellent service to clients. Nisha works across a variety of matters including acquisitions, landlord and tenant matters, residential and commercial investments. Nisha has a particular focus on Real Estate Finance acting for a number of lenders including commercial lenders, bridging lenders and digital mortgage lenders.

Despite the considerable challenges posed to the market over the past year, Nisha has incessantly gone over and above to deliver for her clients and achieve excellent results for the firm, closing on transactions with a total value of £31.5m in 2020.

Head of Real Estate Finance, Gregory Palos, commented: “Since joining Lawrence Stephens as a four-year PQE Associate six years ago Nisha has become an indispensable member of the Lawrence Stephens team. We are delighted to see Nisha promoted to Director and we look forward to seeing her continue to thrive in this exciting next step in her career.”

Nisha Saigal, Director, commented: “I am thrilled to have been made Director at Lawrence Stephens; since joining the firm in 2015, not only have I been continually inspired and challenged to exceed targets and expectations, I have also truly felt like one of the family. I am very much looking forward to contributing to the firm’s continued success and expansion in my new role.”