Rachel Oliphant is a Senior Practice Development Lawyer with Pinsent Masons. In 2001 after seven years practising as a commercial property solicitor in England and Scotland (primarily involved in development and retail work) Rachel became one of the first practice development lawyers in Scotland. In this role she ensures that knowledge gained within the team is shared firm wide and readily accessible in the future. Rachel is keeps colleagues up to date on changes in property law and market practice, creates and maintains precedents and organises and delivers training to the team and to clients. In her work with the Property Standardisation Group Rachel produces agreed forms of documents and procedures for Scottish commercial property transactions for the benefit of the profession as a whole. Rachel is on the advisory board for the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia.