Kevin Gillon

Kevin is a property specialist advising on investment purchases, secured lending and landlord and tenant matters. Much of this investment experience has been in petrol stations and allied sites including development and letting. Kevin handles property portfolio purchases for clients such as Pace Petroleum and The Winston Group.

Kevin is also the Firm’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer and was one of the first solicitors to be awarded the UK Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering by the International Compliance Association. With this experience he has acted as an expert witness in numerous high value mortgage fraud cases. He is a member and fellow of the International Compliance Association.

Kevin is frequently published in the legal press and lectures on money laundering and secured lending.

Key Experience

Kevin has headed property portfolio purchases for a number of clients including:

The Winston Group Limited

Refined Holdings Limited

Pace Petroleum - portfolio of garages and fuel depots.

Career History

Kevin attended the College of Law and then gained a Certificate and Post-Graduate Diploma in EC Law at the University of Glamorgan. He worked at Gordon Dadds & Co from 1969 to 1974 during which time he was made Partner. Kevin joined Eric Levine & Co in 1974 and was Head of Property until he left in 1985. He was a Partner at Jay Benning until joining Mishcon de Reya as a Consultant in 1996. Kevin was made a Partner in 1998. He gained an LLM in EC Law in 1999.

Articles and Publications

Kevin has had numerous articles published - most recently on provisions of the whitepaper on the Integration of E.U. Mortgage Credit Markets in the February 2008 Edition of Mortgage Finance Gazette. He also lectures on money laundering and secured lending.