Amy Barton

13 May 2025

Amy is an Associate in the firm’s Private Client team advising on all aspects of personal taxation, succession planning and family governance. Amy has experience advising UK and non-UK tax resident individual and corporate clients with connections to and assets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.

She started her career as a corporate tax lawyer and has advised individuals and companies on tax matters in respect of asset and share disposals, acquisitions, liquidations and corporate restructures; often with a cross-border element. Amy has experience in advising on the tax and structuring considerations involved with charitable giving.

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Jenna Francis

27 March 2025

Jenna is an Associate in the firm’s Private Client team.

She acts predominantly for UK resident and domiciled clients including individuals, trustees and the owners of landed estates. She deals with a broad range of private client matters including tax and succession planning, drafting and administering long running and complex trusts, preparing Wills and dealing with the administration of high value estates, including those with heritage property.

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Rebecca Earth

13 February 2025

Rebecca is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

She primarily works with landed estates clients and high net worth individuals on acquisitions and disposals of country houses, farms and estates. This includes general estate management matters, such as rural, residential and commercial tenancies, sporting rights, wayleaves and easements

Rebecca is also experienced with strategic land transactions such as option agreements, promotion agreements and hybrid agreements.

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Guntash Gill

22 January 2025

Guntash Gill is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team.

He has experience advising a wide range of clients in the UK and overseas on high-value commercial disputes and contentious matters across a wide variety of sectors, including financial services.

Guntash has acted in proceedings at the High Court and Court of Appeal levels. His clients include both corporates and high net worth individuals.

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Isabella Cleary-Moylan

16 January 2025

Isabella is an associate in our Construction Disputes team.

She specialises in advising clients involved in contentious construction matters and disputes.

Isabella has experience advising clients from a variety of sectors (including commercial real estate and infrastructure) in relation to all stages of the dispute process: from assisting with dispute avoidance to advising on appropriate means of dispute resolution (including mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation).

Isabella is also admitted as a solicitor in Ireland and recently completed the Diploma in Construction Law with the Law Society of Ireland.

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Rachel Levine

16 January 2025

Rachel is an Associate in our Employment and Partnerships team.

With a broad experience across the spectrum of contentious and non-contention employment matters, Rachel approaches each matter with the client’s needs and commercial approach front and centre.

Rachel has acted for both employee and employer clients in litigation, as well as advising on redundancies, TUPE matters, and settlement agreements.

Her experience also includes supporting senior executives through all stages of the employment relationship from inception to exit.

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Sarah Sanderson

14 January 2025

Sarah is an Associate in the Rural land and business team.

Sarah’s work is divided into transactional and estate management covering agricultural, commercial and residential aspects dealing with significant, complex, and historic estates and farms, as well as country houses – with a particular interest in equestrian properties/racing yards.

She has experience acting for landowners in negotiating agreements for development and renewables projects, including small-scale through to larger-scale schemes, with a particular focus on natural capital and biodiversity net gain.

Clients include UHNW and HNW individuals, such as estate owners in England and Wales.

Sarah has also been a Northern Farming Conference Committee member since 2022.

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Amy Taylor

6 January 2025

Amy is an Associate in the Private Client Team and specialises in the administration of high value and complex estates of both UK and international individuals.

She has significant experience negotiating with HM Revenue and Customs on technical matters such as property valuations, inheritance tax calculations, lifetime gifting and domicile for inheritance tax purposes.

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Eunice Agus

8 November 2024

Eunice is an Associate in our Immigration team.

With over nine years of experience in providing immigration services to high net worth individuals and businesses, Eunice has in-depth expertise in all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law. Eunice navigates Home Office systems meticulously, ensuring the practical needs of her clients are met as efficiently as possible.

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Claire Nash

8 October 2024

Claire is a Knowledge Development Lawyer in the Commercial Real Estate team and is responsible for keeping the team’s knowledge and resources are up to date in accordance with the latest legal and market developments.

Before joining the knowledge team, Claire worked as real estate fee earner and also as an in-house solicitor working on large scale infrastructure projects, which has helped her to develop an excellent understanding of the technical side of the law as well as client’s commercial needs and concerns.

She provides training, support and advice to a full range of colleagues within the Commercial Real Estate team at all levels. She particularly enjoys working across the various sector groups in the Commercial Real Estate team which gives her a good understanding of the real estate market as a whole.

Claire has a particular interest in the developing legal technology market and investigating which products can contribute to efficiency within the team and enhance the client experience.

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Emily Wyatt

8 October 2024

Emily is an Associate in the Family team.

She specialises in all aspects of private family law including divorce and separation, financial claims, child arrangements, and pre and post-nuptial agreements. She also acts for unmarried individuals on matters relating to cohabitation and Schedule 1 claims.

Emily has experience of complex financial cases, including those involving trusts and family businesses, and those with cross-border elements.

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Anne-Laure Villa

8 October 2024

Anne-Laure is an Associate in the Private Client team.

She acts for both UK based and international clients, advising individuals, families, and trustees on a broad range of estate planning and taxation matters.

Anne-Laure is fluent in French and Spanish.

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Olivia Russell

8 October 2024

Olivia is an Associate in the Family team.

She specialises in all aspects of private family law including divorce and separation, financial claims, child arrangements, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. She also acts for unmarried individuals on matters relating to cohabitation and Schedule 1 claims.

Olivia has experience of complex financial cases, including those involving trusts and family businesses, and those with cross-border elements.

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Candice Johnson

26 September 2024

Candice is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team and has a broad range of experience in acquisitions and disposals, development, funding and asset management covering most property sectors.

Working across the entire property lifecycle, Candice has gained a wealth of knowledge in the industrial and logistics sector, and has a keen interest in development work. She has represented a variety of clients, including developers, landlords and tenants and borrowers.

Candice takes a keen interest in understanding each client’s objectives, and prides herself on providing clear and comprehensive commercial advice.

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Tom Quayle

26 September 2024

Tom is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where he focuses on the acquisition, management and disposal of residential and mixed-use development for affordable housing providers.

This often involves advising on the due diligence for, and negotiation of, the acquisition of development sites, lease agreements relating to onsite commercial lettings, infrastructure agreements and other ongoing asset management matters.

Tom has previously acted for a broad range of clients including private developers, PLC housebuilders, land promoters and affordable housing providers, giving him an overarching appreciation of the key commercial, regulatory and legal considerations of his clients.

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Giles Littlewood

26 September 2024

Giles is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where he principally advises on acquisitions and disposals, lettings and general occupational matters.

He is dedicated to providing clear, practical advice and support to his clients, ensuring their real estate needs are met efficiently and effectively.

Giles’ knowledge of the commercial property market and his commitment to client service help him navigate transactions effectively to provide his clients with the service that they need.

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Florence Connell

26 September 2024

Florence is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where she acts on a wide range of transactions including acquisitions, disposals and asset management work.

She focuses her practice in the office, retail and Central London estates sectors where she acts for property companies and institutions.

Florence is passionate about understanding her clients’ objectives and goals in order to find them commercial solutions in an efficient manner.

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Zain Rahim

21 September 2024

Zain is an Associate in the firm’s Construction team, specialising in non-contentious construction law.

He has experience with advising a variety of clients, including developers, funders, tenants and purchasers, in various matters. These include preparing and negotiating JCT forms of building contract, professional team appointments, collateral warranties, novation agreements and security documentation.

Zain joined Forsters in September 2024 after having completed his training at Freeths.

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Will Tidy

21 September 2024

Will is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

He advises on all aspects of rural property, including purchases and sales, bank refinancing, landlord and tenant matters, renewable energy developments, promotion and option agreements and advisory work for estate management clients.

As a former rural surveyor, Will seeks to bring a pragmatic and commercial approach to his work. His experience as an estate manager allows him to empathise with their concerns and helps him to see the bigger picture – particularly vital when dealing with complex estates with interlocking stakeholders. Will’s clients include individuals, trusts, companies and large estates.

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Yasmin Kalhori

21 September 2024

Yasmin is an Associate in the firm’s Corporate team where she advises on a wide range of corporate tax issues arising on real estate transactions, corporate transactions and reorganisations, and employee incentives. She also supports clients facing tax enquiries and investigations by HMRC.

She has a great commercial sense and likes to provide practical and concise advice to clients which can be readily implemented.

Yasmin’s clients include UK and international businesses and high net worth individuals and executives. She speaks fluent Farsi and understands the business culture in Iran, making her well placed to help those with business interests in Iran and across the Middle East.

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Zoe Oliver

21 September 2024

Zoe is an Associate in the Banking and Finance team.

She enjoys developing client relationships and understanding their objectives in order to tailor her results orientated, clear commercial advice.

Zoe has experience advising clients on a broad range of banking matters with a particular focus on real estate finance. She has experience working with both borrowers (individuals and corporates) and lenders (including challenger banks, funds and private banks).

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Sam Delahay

21 September 2024

Sam is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team and advises on a range of real estate matters including acquisitions and disposals, commercial development and asset management.

He acts for a variety of clients including property developers, pension funds and other institutional investors, and prides himself on providing clear and comprehensive commercial advice.

Sam is a regular volunteer at the South Westminster Legal Advice Clinic, advising on all property matters.

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Shalini Karunananda

21 September 2024

Shalini is an Associate in the Banking and Finance team with a broad range of experience in property finance transactions with a focus on development finance.

Her client base consists of a range from individual and corporate borrowers to private and alternative lenders.

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Shannon Oyemade

21 September 2024

21 September 2024

Sophie is an Associate in the Construction team, specialising in non-contentious construction law.

She advises a variety of clients in drafting and negotiating amendments to JCT forms of building contract, professional team appointments and collateral warranties. Sophie also has experience in carrying out due diligence in relation to the sale and purchase of various types of types of real estate assets.

Sophie has acted for a wide variety of clients in the construction sector including developers, funders, purchasers, and sellers.

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Tatiana Kinsky

21 September 2024

Tatiana is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

She acts on a wide range of rural property matters. This includes the sale, purchase, financing, and management of country houses, farms, and estates. She also has experience dealing with development land and advising landed clients on tax, trust and charity matters.

Tatiana has a particular interest in supporting clients on matters involving historic properties and vineyards.

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Sophie Smith

21 September 2024

Sophie is an Associate in the Planning team.

She advises developers, investors and occupiers on section 106 agreements and highways related matters including section 278 and 38 agreements.

Sophie regularly undertakes planning due diligence for commercial developments, including complex phased development schemes to be delivered over extended periods of time. Sophie is experienced in acting for both lenders and borrowers on financing transactions, providing commercially focused planning advice.

She advises regularly on rural property transactions and heritage matters including listed buildings. Sophie has a particular interest in the provisions of the Environment Act 2021 and the associated planning requirements to deliver biodiversity net gain.

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Nicholas Owen

21 September 2024

Nick is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team.

He has experience advising a broad range of clients including high-net worth individuals, businesses, and charities on disputes in a wide variety of sectors and across multiple jurisdictions.

Nick’s recent commercial experience includes acting on civil fraud cases (including obtaining urgent injunctive relief), professional negligence claims, claims arising from breaches of directors’ duties, contentious insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, shareholder disputes, and cases concerning the interpretation of contracts.

His articles have been published in both New Law Journal and Solicitors Journal.

Nick is a member of the firm’s D&I committee and Faith Support Network.

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Raphaella Lafrance

21 September 2024

Raphaella is a Knowledge Development Lawyer supporting the firm’s Disputes teams (Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Trust and Estates Disputes).

She is responsible for ensuring that our Disputes teams are kept up to date to the latest legal developments and changes in court procedure, taking a leading role in the training strategy for the practice groups she supports.

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Rebecca Anstey

21 September 2024

Rebecca is an Associate in our Private Client team.

She acts for both UK based and international clients, advising individuals, families, and trustees on a broad range of estate planning and taxation matters.

Rebecca’s work includes the preparation of wills and lasting powers of attorney, advising on related tax planning, and trust structuring and administration. She has experience advising on residence and domicile and on US/UK cross-border matters.

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Remy Ormesher

21 September 2024

With broad experience acting for both individuals and employers, Remy’s expertise includes contentious and non-contentious matters across a wide range of sectors.

She has advised on restructurings, redundancies, TUPE and the employment aspects arising from corporate transactions. This includes advising on disciplinary and grievance procedures, and drafting employment documentation. Her experience supporting individuals includes advising senior executives on all areas of their employment, including negotiating service and settlement agreements.

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Olivia Longrigg

21 September 2024

Olivia is an Associate in the Family team.

Her areas of practice include all aspects of private family law, including matters related to divorce and separation, financial claims, private children law and claims under the Family Law Act.

She is experienced in cases where there are complex financial disputes and where there is an international element. She has experience with applications within proceedings such as those for freezing injunctions, to join third parties to proceedings and set aside orders.

Olivia regularly acts for parents in private children matters, particularly where there is an international element or where one parent is seeking to relocate. Olivia is also experienced in assisting clients where allegations in relation to parental alienation have been made by either party.

She is committed to supporting a wide range of clients to resolve issues surrounding the breakdown of their relationship. She is experienced in conducting litigation, as well as in supporting clients through alternative forms of dispute resolution such as mediation.

Olivia speaks German has often advised clients where either party is a German speaker.

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Robert Linden Laird Craig

21 September 2024

Robert is a Knowledge Development and Practice Lawyer in the Private Client team focussing on a broad range of practice areas pertaining to UK individuals, including wealth structuring, tax and estate planning, trusts, charities, mental capacity issues and contentious trusts and estates.

Building on his previous practice as a Private Client lawyer in the team, Robert’s role involves keeping lawyers informed about the latest developments in the ever-changing Private Client landscape in England and Wales, providing legal updates, alongside training and seminars covering all relevant topics.

Prior to becoming a Knowledge Development Lawyer in 2019, Robert practiced as a Private Client Lawyer at Forsters, where he qualified in 2010.

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Lizzie Letley

21 September 2024

Lizzie is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

She advises on high value rural property and agricultural transactions, including the purchase, sale, re-financing and wider management of country estates, houses and farms with both residential and commercial elements.

Lizzie has experience in dealing with the bespoke issues that are found on rural estates such as unregistered land, planning considerations due to listings, private water supplies, public rights of way and title covenants and restrictions.

She has a particular interest in diversification of land, specifically, renewable developments.

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Lianne Baker

21 September 2024

Lianne is a Knowledge Development Lawyer supporting the firm’s Corporate and Commercial teams (Banking and Finance, Tax, Corporate, Employment and Partnerships). She also supports the wider firm in its negotiation of contracts with suppliers and third parties.

Lianne works closely with the firmwide team of Knowledge Development Lawyers, in particular those in Real Estate and Private Wealth, ensuring a joined up approach to providing professional support to our fee earning teams. She has a pivotal role ensuring that teams she supports are always up to date in relation to the latest legal and market developments, taking a prominent role in driving forward and supporting the teams’ thought leadership work.

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Louise Irvine

21 September 2024

Louise is a Senior Knowledge Development Lawyer in the Commercial Real Estate team where she keeps the team’s knowledge and resources up-to-date in relation to legal and market developments. Working as a fee earner for ten years before moving into the knowledge team, Louise has an excellent understanding of both real estate and the commercial challenges faced by clients.

She frequently provides legal training to all levels within the Commercial Real Estate team, alongside providing support on the wider skills needed by lawyers such as drafting, grammar and psychological safety. Taking pride in being approachable and responsive, Louise enjoys working with many teams across the firm and finding pragmatic solutions that allow clients to achieve successful transactions.

Louise has a strong interest in sustainability and provides training both internally and to clients on sustainability legislation and trends and on green lease drafting. This often sees her collaborating with clients and suppliers to work towards mutual net zero carbon goals. She also follows the latest legal technology trends and enjoys looking at how to eliminate risk and improve efficiency within the team.

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Lucy Walsh

21 September 2024

Lucy is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution team.

Her experience spans a broad range of contentious matters across multiple jurisdictions. She has been instructed by high net worth individuals, listed companies, governments and international banks. Lucy has significant experience in complex multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes.

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Manhattan Bishop

21 September 2024

Manhattan is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

She advises on high value rural property and agricultural transactions, including the purchase, sale, refinancing and wider management of country estates, houses and farms with both residential and commercial elements.

Manhattan has experience in dealing with the bespoke issues that are found on rural estates such as unregistered land, planning considerations due to listings, private water supplies, public rights of way and title covenants and restrictions.

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Mark Berry

21 September 2024

Mark is an Associate in the Banking and Finance team. He has extensive experience in real estate finance, general corporate finance and acquisition financing, including in cross-border contexts.

His real estate finance experience has covered various industry sectors in both an investment and development context, as well as acting on Islamic finance/conventional hybrid debt structures for both UK and overseas entities.

Mark acts for a wide variety of both lenders and borrowers, such as high street banks, challenger banks and high net worth individuals on the lender side and real estate investment companies, developers and corporate purchasers on the borrower side.

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Megan Sly

21 September 2024

Megan is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team.

Megan has a wide range of experience in advising on both commercial and residential property disputes.

Her work includes advising upon business lease renewals, breaks, mortgage repossession and possession, forfeiture, agricultural occupancies, and recovery of rent and service charge arrears.

Megan works for a variety of clients including institutional investors, estates and high net worth individuals having acted in both High Court and County Court proceedings.

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Molly Haynes

21 September 2024

Molly is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where she acts on a wide range of transactions across the property lifecycle, including acquisitions, commercial development, asset management matters and disposals. Her practice focuses on the industrial and logistics and office and business space sectors.

She represents a variety of clients including pensions fund and other institutional investors, property developers, landlords and corporate occupiers.

Organised and proactive in approach, Molly is committed to progressing transactions efficiently and ensuring clients are kept updated at every stage.

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Naomi Rasooly

21 September 2024

Naomi is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution team. A commercial litigator, her experience encompasses advising in relation to complex, high value civil fraud claims, contentious matters for media organisations, competition claims and employment law disputes.

She also has experience of working on matters/cases involving the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, and the Competition and Markets Authority.

Naomi is an ADR-ODR International Civil-Commercial Accredited mediator.

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Natalie Colclough

21 September 2024

Natalie is an Associate in the firm’s Corporate team.

She advises on a wide range of corporate matters, including private company mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations with a particular focus on early stage and series funding for start-ups and emerging companies.

Natalie has advised on complex transactions across various jurisdictions and sectors, including technology, energy, healthcare, sports and food and hospitality, and has worked on fundraising rounds from the perspectives of both the start-up or emerging company, on the one hand, and the angel investor, venture capitalist and investment fund, on the other, providing client focussed advice and solutions to both.

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Jill Forsdick

21 September 2024

Jill is an Associate in the Family team.

Her areas of practice include all aspects of private family law, including divorce and separation, financial claims, child arrangements, domestic abuse claims under the Family Law Act and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Jill is experienced in cases where there are complex financial disputes and where there is an international element. She also acts for separating clients who wish to avoid the court process and has experience of alternative forms of dispute resolution such as mediation, round table meetings and solicitor negotiation.

She acts for parents who are having difficulties resolving child arrangements, both inside and outside of court, and which may involve cross-border considerations.

Jill also has experience of protecting victims of domestic abuse, including (when necessary) representing clients in Family Law Act proceedings and obtaining protective injunctions for them.

Clients value Jill’s sympathetic approach, diligence and commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients. As a member of Resolution, she aims to create a non-confrontational and constructive approach when dealing with family disputes.

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Joe May

21 September 2024

Joe’s broad practice spans from advising on large commercial disputes to assisting his clients with complex trust and estates disputes.

His clients include ultra high net worth individuals, trust companies, international banks and large corporations.

Joe has particular experience in relation to complex multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes, shareholder disputes, insolvency proceedings, and contractual disputes. He has acted on cases heard in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Joe is a member of the firm’s Pro-Bono committee and its Green Impact network.

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Josh Baxter

21 September 2024

Josh is an Associate in the firm’s Corporate team, with a general practice across all of the services we provide.

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Katya Churchill

21 September 2024

Katya is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team.

She advises clients in relation to both commercial and residential property disputes.

Katya has experience in possession claims, leasehold enfranchisement, breach of lease rights and a variety of other landlord and tenant disputes. Her client base includes a range of institutional investors, estates, and individuals.

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Jocelyn Mcleod-Horne

21 September 2024

Jocelyn is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team.

She advises on a broad range of residential and commercial property disputes. Her work includes forfeiture, possession proceedings, rent arrears recovery, commercial lease renewals and breach of covenant issues.

Jocelyn works for a variety of clients including institutional investors, estates, and high net worth individuals.

She is also on the CILEX Policy’s Professional Panel, where she provides feedback and insight on key matters affecting CILEX members.

Jocelyn also works for individuals and charities on a pro bono basis and was mentioned in this year’s Pro Bono Recognition List, for engaging in over 25 hours of pro bono work last year.

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Kirstin Temple

21 September 2024

Kirstin is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where she deals with all aspects of commercial property transactions, such as the acquisition and disposal of investment sites, ongoing asset management work and landlord and tenant matters.

Her practice focuses on the retail, restaurant and office sectors in and around London’s West End, alongside a keen interest in the life sciences sector where she keeps up to date with developments and creates thought leadership pieces for the market. She acts on behalf of a diverse pool of clients from major institutional investment funds, leading property investment businesses and high net worth national and international investors.

Kirstin is committed to providing an efficient service to her clients. Combined with her commercial mindset to solving problems, her personable approach helps to liaise and negotiate with other parties to get the best outcome for her clients.

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Lauren Hepburn

21 September 2024

Lauren is an Associate in the Construction team.

She has experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of construction documents, including JCT forms of building contract, consultant appointments, collateral warranties and novation agreements. Lauren also has experience carrying out due diligence and producing detailed legal reports for the acquisitions, sale and funding and/or letting of a construction project.

Lauren has assisted on a wide range of projects including new builds and refurbishments, acting for a wide variety of clients including developers, funders, tenants, purchasers and sellers.

She has particular expertise in the later living, industrials and logistics, film and TV studios, and life sciences sectors.

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Lauren Spark

21 September 2024

Lauren is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team.

Lauren has a breadth of experience across commercial and residential property disputes.

She advises on a wide range of contentious property issues, including rights of light, leasehold enfranchisement, service charge disputes, dilapidations, rent arrears recovery, break rights, business lease renewals and forfeiture.

Lauren has acted for some of the largest London estates in respect of their residential property portfolios; food and beverage companies in relation to their portfolios of pubs and restaurants; pension funds and investment companies; retail stores and shopping centres; government entities; and charities.

She sat on the Future Leaders Committee of the Council For Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from April 2022 to October 2023.

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Emma Forsyth

21 September 2024

Emma is an Associate in the Family team.

She specialises in all aspects of private family law including divorce and separation, financial claims, child arrangements, and pre and post-nuptial agreements. She also acts for unmarried individuals on matters relating to cohabitation and Schedule 1 claims.

Emma has experience of complex financial cases, including those involving trusts and family businesses, and those with cross-border elements.

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Emma Swan

21 September 2024

Emma is an Associate in our Construction Disputes team.

She regularly acts for developers, investment funds, asset managers, contractors, and consultants in the commercial real estate sector with a focus on building safety matters. Emma provides advice from the early stages of dispute avoidance and management on live projects, through to advising on proceedings in the High Court.

Emma has experience advising on a range of matters, including design and workmanship issues, contractor insolvency, debt recovery, and termination.

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Frances Snowball

21 September 2024

Frances is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution team. She has a broad practice in complex cross-border commercial litigation and international arbitration.

She has experience advising clients on high value commercial disputes in a wide range of sectors including banking and financial services, technology and real estate. Frances has particular experience of insolvency proceedings, shareholder disputes, cases involving civil fraud, asset tracing and general contractual disputes. She has acted in proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal both in England and the British Virgin Islands.

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Hannah Pye

21 September 2024

Hannah is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team.

She advises on both commercial and residential real estate disputes. Her work has included advising on forfeiture, possession proceedings, service charge disputes and recovery of rent arrears.

Hannah supports a variety of clients including institutional investors, estates, and high net worth individuals.

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Harriet Ballard

21 September 2024

Harriet is an Associate in our Private Client team.

She advises both international and UK individuals, trustees and beneficiaries on tax, trusts, estate planning and succession issues. Harriet advises on tax efficient UK will planning as well as cross-border wills and succession planning. She has a particular interest in advising clients in relation to US/UK cross-border matters.

Harriet acts for high net worth individual and families on the establishment and use of trusts and other structures for succession and estate planning purposes.

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Georgia Homatas

21 September 2024

Georgia is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team. She advises clients on capital instructions in the market and acts for landlord and tenants on all aspects of freehold and leasehold transactions. Her practice focuses on properties held by livery companies, charities and funds which include retail, industrial and office assets.

She acts for investment managers representing institutional investors, charities that hold investment properties and livery companies, and has also acted for major shopping centre owners and pension funds on large shopping centres across the UK.

Georgia aims to deliver consistently high levels of service to her clients by anticipating their needs. She remains friendly and proactive throughout matters and is dedicated to maintaining good relationships with all parties in a transaction.

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Harvey Tomes

21 September 2024

Harvey is an Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.

He acts on a variety of matters related to country houses, farms and estates. This includes the purchase and management of rural property, advising on farming and other tenancies, dealing with development land and assisting with other general estate matters such as easements and sporting rights.

Harvey also advises London based estates in relation to various estate management matters and residential property.

He has a particular interest in heritage and period properties.

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Helena Winsey

21 September 2024

Helena has experience acting for private individuals and national charities across a broad range of trust and estate disputes.

This includes advising claimants and defendants in will validity disputes, claims pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, applications concerning the interpretation or construction of wills, claims pursuant to the doctrine of proprietary estoppel, and disputes between beneficiaries and executors. Helena also has experience in contentious court of protection matters and claims involving professional negligence.

Helena joined Forsters in September 2024 from Foot Anstey LLP, where she trained and qualified as a solicitor in January 2023.

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Hugo Davis

21 September 2024

21 September 2024

Danny is an Associate in the firm’s Construction team, and specialises in non-contentious construction law.

He advises a variety of our clients across a broad range of matters, such as preparing and negotiating amendments to JCT forms of building contracts, professional appointments, collateral warranties and surety documents.

He has particular expertise in advising on the funding of real estate assets, and has also advised on chemical engineering projects.

Danny trained at Womble Bond Dickinson, before moving to Forsters on qualification in 2024.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Charlie Paddock

21 September 2024

Charlie is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where he generally focuses on the industrial and logistics sector, in addition to advising property funds on asset management and landlord and tenant matters. This often involves drafting and negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations and conducting due diligence to identify potential risks to clients.

His practice extends also to the sports sector, where he has supported on the real estate aspects of a high-profile football club. This saw Charlie advise on leasing arrangements for the stadium, football pitch and training ground, maintaining adherence to regulatory requirements and optimising operational efficiency.

For all clients, Charlie operates as a strategic partner, mitigating commercial pitfalls and maximising opportunities in a dynamic and competitive market.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Claire Murray

21 September 2024

Claire is a Knowledge Development Lawyer in the Private Client team focussing on a broad range of practice areas relating to UK and international individuals and families, including wealth structuring, estate and succession planning, tax, regulatory and compliance, both for individuals/families and their related structures, including family offices and trusts.

Drawing on over 20 years’ experience in private client work, Claire’s role involves keeping lawyers informed about the latest developments in the constantly-evolving field of private client practice. She provides legal updates, training, technical content and practical application to support lawyers at all levels in the team in delivering excellent client service.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Dragomir Zyumbyulski

21 September 2024

Dragomir is an Associate in the Corporate team, with a general practice across all of the services we provide.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Ella Jones

21 September 2024

Ella is an Associate in the Planning team.

Ella has particular experience in dealing with residential developments and the provision of affordable housing.

Specialising in planning since 2020, she enjoys undertaking planning due diligence for acquisitions of residential and commercial sites as well as due diligence for financing transactions acting for both lenders and borrowers.

She provides tailored advice to a wide variety of clients including hotel groups, private individuals and care provides. The advice that she provides centres on listed buildings, community infrastructure levy, use classes and affordable housing.

Ella also regularly negotiates various agreements including section 106 agreements, section 278 and 38 agreements and nomination agreements with councils and clients across the country.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Ellen Jones

21 September 2024

Ellen is an Associate in the Family team.

She specialises in all aspects of private family law including divorce and separation, financial claims, child arrangements, and pre and post-nuptial agreements. She also acts for unmarried individuals on matters relating to cohabitation and Schedule 1 claims.

Ellen has experience of complex financial cases, including those involving trusts and family businesses, and those with international elements.

Clients value Ellen’s diligence, sensitivity, and commitment to achieving timely, workable outcomes. She has experience resolving issues and supporting clients through the court-based process, as well as through less confrontational routes including alternative methods dispute resolution such as mediation.

Ellen is a frequent commentator on family law issues and has written for the Family Law Journal.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Adrian Palladino

21 September 2024

Adrian is an Associate in the Corporate team.

He has experience advising clients on general corporate matters, capital raising, statutory buy-backs of company securities, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures and private company acquisitions and disposals.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Akshit Khanna

21 September 2024

Akshit is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team and advises clients in relation to both commercial and residential disputes.

He has experience in business lease renewals, break notices, possession claims, lease terminations, rent arrears recovery and a variety of other landlord and tenant disputes. He has also acted in County Court and High Court proceedings.

Akshit works for a diverse range of clients including institutional investors and funds, office and retail clients, developers, and high net worth individuals.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Albert Bell

21 September 2024

Albert is an Associate in the Construction team, specialising in non-contentious matters.

He advises purchasers, developers, funders and end users on building contracts, consultant appointments and associated documents such as guarantees, bonds and collateral warranties. He has additional experience providing advice in relation to engineering contracts and process plant, and assisting main contractors with their sub-contract terms and processes.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Alex Keane

21 September 2024

Alex is an Associate in our Private Client team.

He acts for both UK based and international clients, advising individuals, families, and trustees on a broad range of estate planning and taxation matters.

Alex’s work includes the preparation of wills and lasting powers of attorney, UK and offshore trust structuring and administration, and the preparation of domicile statements.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Anna Parkin-O’Brien

21 September 2024

Anna is an Associate in our Private Client team.

She acts for both UK based and international clients, advising individuals, families, and trustees on a broad range of estate planning and taxation matters.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Anna Penn

21 September 2024

Anna is an Associate in the Commercial Real Estate team where she advises on a variety of real estate matters including commercial development, acquisitions, disposals and asset management. Her practice primarily covers the industrial and logistics, office and business space, mixed-use asset and retail sectors.

She represents a variety of clients including pension funds and other institutional investors, property developers and corporate occupiers.

Striving to always progress transactions efficiently, Anna is proactive and remains focused on her clients’ commercial goals. She keeps in regular contact with clients and provides clear and tailored advice in a friendly manner.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Anna Roe

21 September 2024

Anna is an Associate in our Private Client team.

She acts for both UK based and international clients, advising individuals, families, and trustees on a broad range of estate planning and taxation matters.

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Nadine Gibbon

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Ben Saunders

21 September 2024

Ben is an Associate in the firm’s Construction team, and specialises in non-contentious construction law.

He advises a variety of our clients in drafting and negotiating amendments to JCT forms of building contracts, professional team appointments, and collateral warranties. He also has experience in carrying out due diligence in relation to the sale and purchase of various types of real estate assets, as well as advising on the funding of real estate assets.

Ben has previously acted for a wide range of clients across the construction sector including developers, funders, purchasers, and sellers.

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Nadine Gibbon

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