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Rachel Pitman

Partner

What can I do for you

Rachel Pitman is a partner within the Built Environment sector and leads the Owner and Occupier sub-sector. She has vast experience in all aspects of transactional property work, handling investment and development transactions and providing advice on the strategic management of complex property portfolios for both owners and occupiers.

Her clients include occupiers, long term owners of properties, investors, developers, local authorities and public/private partnerships. Rachel's broad practice and client base gives her insight into multiple stakeholder's perspective, enabling her to deliver strong, current and solution led advice.

She works across a wide range of asset types including offices, science parks, shopping centres, mixed-use developments, warehouses and trade counters.

Supporting your ambitions

Rachel is committed to building long and lasting relationships with her clients. She works as an extension to their team to help them achieve their goals. She works hard to understand their business and their priorities. One client commented that Rachel is "very responsive and very commercial in the way she will address points and negotiate hard for us. She is someone we value having in our corner".

Rachel frequently leads complex projects, managing large teams of lawyers—including those from other disciplines—to deliver excellent client service. She also works seamlessly with clients’ other professional advisers to ensure successful project delivery, on time and within budget.

Clients consistently praise Rachel's approach noting that she is " very solution-focused and gets good results" and " a very technical individual who aims to drive transactions along".

What do others say

"Rachel Pitman has a 'client first' approach, providing the advice that delivers the best outcome for the client". Chambers - 2025

"Rachel takes the time to keep clients up to date, doesn't mind repeating and sending reminders, and has a very strong track record of delivering". Chambers - 2025

What else should you know

Rachel works in partnership with the firm’s diversity and inclusion team, spearheading activities in the Greater Manchester region to support the firm’s wider diversity and inclusion objectives and targets. She also sits on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee for both Pro-Manchester and the Manchester Law Society

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Real estate
  • Strategic land
  • Built environment
  • Local government
  • Patient capital investment
  • Science and technology parks
  • Real estate investment
  • Life sciences