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Ruby is a partner in the commercial real estate team.
Ruby has extensive experience leading in complex and high value commercial real estate investment transactions, across all asset classes including offices, retail, logistics, data centres and retirement living. Ruby acts as the trusted advisor to global family offices, UHNW clients and institutions investing into UK property.Ruby co-heads the Global India group at Withers and acts for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) clients and clients all around the world in respect of their UK commercial real estate requirements. She has a wide international network of contacts who are experienced in the Indian market and maintains close relationships with many of the large global banks with India desks. Ruby travels to India regularly and speaks Punjabi and Hindi fluently.
Track record
Debt fund
Advising an active non-bank lender on the financing of several retirement living schemes and a complex development site.
Indian family
Advising an Indian family lending money to a JV entity for the acquisition of a Central London office investment.
Indian family with UK investments
Advising on the sale of a hotel in Greater London, which included navigating complex jurisdiction related issues.
London Art Gallery
Advising on the new London gallery space for a reputable international art gallery.
Middle East UHNW family
Advising on the acquisition, Sharia financing, re-gearing and sale of several office assets across the UK.
Non-Resident Indian family
Advising a significant NRI family across a range of their commercial real estate assets in the UK, including investment acquisitions, sales and the lettings and management of their portfolio.
UHNW Hong Kong based family
Advising on the acquisition, management and JV structures of various Central London office and retail investments.
UK Family office
Advising a significant UK family office in their investment acquisitions, sales and the lettings and management of their portfolio, across a range of asset classes including significant multi-let industrial sites, retail parks and Central London offices.
UK HNWI
Advising on the management, restructuring and subsequent sales of various investment sites.
UK HNWI
Advising on active management work across a large retail portfolio in Greater London.
Talks
- Seminars given in 2019, 2023 and 2024 to the Tenant Representation Advisory’s Society regarding current legal updates and the impact on drafting in leases and agreements.
Insight
External Publications
- Driving equality and diversity in real estate - Property Week - 24 July 2023
- Bricks and Mortar: Layers Ruby Dalal and Pauline Page discuss their career journeys - Estates Gazette - 5 April 2023
- Luxury Hotels: How Rosewood, Dorchester Collection and St James’s are fighting back from Covid - Asian Wealth Magazine - 12 August 2022
- Please mind the registration gap! - Lexology - 22 March 2016
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2011
Education
- University of Leicester, BA (Hons) English Literature
Languages
- English
- Punjabi
Key dates
- Year joined: 2022