Gillian Harding
Senior Associate
Corporate Commercial
Gillian qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and has extensive experience across a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, advising clients in sectors including engineering, technology, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.
She studied law at Southampton University, where she gained a first-class honours degree, and did her LPC at Guildford College of Law before moving to Hertfordshire, where she worked for many years before joining Woodfines in the Cambridge office in March 2023.
Gillian specialises in commercial contracts, including drafting bespoke standard and standalone contracts to suit individual businesses’ needs. Her commercial awareness and attention to detail enable her to help clients from every sector negotiate the terms of their business contracts. Her other specialist interests include corporate structuring and investments, charity grants and funding agreements.
Taking a joined-up approach to projects of all sizes, Gillian works closely with colleagues from across the firm’s specialisms. In particular, she works on commercial property matters, ensuring clients receive rounded, cost-effective advice.
She studied law at Southampton University, where she gained a first-class honours degree, and did her LPC at Guildford College of Law before moving to Hertfordshire, where she worked for many years before joining Woodfines in the Cambridge office in March 2023.
Gillian specialises in commercial contracts, including drafting bespoke standard and standalone contracts to suit individual businesses’ needs. Her commercial awareness and attention to detail enable her to help clients from every sector negotiate the terms of their business contracts. Her other specialist interests include corporate structuring and investments, charity grants and funding agreements.
Taking a joined-up approach to projects of all sizes, Gillian works closely with colleagues from across the firm’s specialisms. In particular, she works on commercial property matters, ensuring clients receive rounded, cost-effective advice.
More about Gillian…
What was your first job?
When I was 16, I started a Saturday job in a card shop. I stayed there until I left school and then temped as a legal secretary each summer while I was at university. I learned so much that way.
If you weren’t a lawyer or in your current profession, what would you be doing?
I’m not sure I’d want to do anything else. Assuming I’d won the lottery because neither pays well, I’d probably be making more latch hook rugs and wall art to sell in my Etsy shop while running a bookshop.
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