Gilbert Nesbitt is the senior partner of Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Gilbert has been a partner in the firm since 1982. He has ultimate responsibility for the firms marketing and development activity in which there is as strong an emphasis on maintaining close relationships with existing clients as looking for opportunities to add to the client portfolio. His early work was as a property conveyancer which left him with a permanent fixation for quality processes and customer service. Gilbert's areas of legal expertise include business or share purchases/ sales/ mergers, commercial property acquisitions/ sales/ development, residential property development and trusts, inheritance tax, wills and estate administration. Gilbert also has experience in professional negligence matters, in particular in relation to solicitors negligence in property transactions advising both lender and insurer clients. Gilbert focuses on getting the transaction to completion and takes a pragmatic and commercial approach to the process focusing on the practical realities of the work. Gilbert ensures that client expectations are met, deadlines are set and risk is managed. His in depth understanding of property allows him to proactively manage transactions to ensure all aspects of the transaction are brought together.