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.
Sophie is a Senior 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.
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.
Harvey is a Senior Associate in the Rural Land and Business team.
Harvey acts as a trusted adviser for private clients and landed estates, advising across a broad spectrum of matters with a particular practice in acting for clients on a long-term basis where multi-generational land ownership, tax and trust matters intersect with property transactions and changing land use. This broad practice includes advising on the purchases and sales of landed estates and super prime London property; strategic land development; renewable energy projects; natural capital transactions and biodiversity net gain agreements; and assisting with partnership agreements and tax and succession planning (working closely with colleagues in Forsters’ Private Wealth team).
Harvey is a member of the Central London Estates team and advises urban estates in relation to transactional matters (ranging from the disposal and acquisition of assets to the refinancing of London portfolios) and various estate management matters. Harvey has particular experience in advising historic family-owned London Estates with statutory Estate Management Schemes.
Harvey has particular interest in heritage and period properties, having advised on many listed buildings and also on conditionally exempt property.
Owning a historic property involves a unique set of challenges and responsibilities. When purchasing such a property, buyers must consider not only the aesthetic and historical value but also the legal restrictions and obligations that come with it. Historic properties are often subject to preservation laws and regulations that can limit modifications to maintain their historical integrity. This means that any alterations, from minor repairs to major renovations, typically require approval from the Local Planning Authority and close correspondence with the local conservation officer.
From purchase to sale, legal advice is crucial throughout to navigate the complex web of regulations and ensure compliance with all legal requirements.
Forsters’ Historic Property and Planning team combine specialist expertise from across the firm to provide holistic advice in respect of all aspects of historic property. We appreciate that whilst it is a privilege to be the current custodian of a heritage property, it is also important that it be suitable for modern use as a home or otherwise. Our specialist planning lawyers are experts in advising on how best to alter and adapt a listed building, as well as many other considerations that may affect these types of properties, including where work has been carried out without or in breach of listed building consent.
Charlotte is a Senior Associate in the Construction team and specialises in non-contentious construction law. She advises a variety of clients, including developers, funders and private individuals, in drafting and negotiating consultant appointments, collateral warranties/third party rights, novation agreements, surety documents and amendments to JCT forms of building contracts.
Charlotte’s experience includes giving advice on different procurement routes for construction projects, providing construction input into commercial real estate documents, carrying out due diligence exercises and producing reports on construction documentation.
Charlotte is also the team’s Responsible Business champion.
Alice is a Senior Associate in the Planning team and has extensive experience across a broad spectrum of town and country planning, highways, compulsory purchase, community infrastructure levy (CIL) and heritage matters acting for a range of developers, institutional and private clients.
Alice particularly enjoys advising on the planning aspects of large mixed use and residential developments in and around Central London. From initial strategic advice and planning application reviews, to advice during the planning application process and subsequent negotiation of planning, highways and infrastructure agreements.
She also works for private clients providing bespoke planning advice in both domestic and rural settings. She provides advice on a wide range of areas from the amalgamation of residential property, permitted development rights, listed buildings to enforcement and CIL.
In addition, Alice acts for a number of prominent film studios in this rapidly growing UK sector, assisting them with their expansion aims and development advice from initial acquisition to day-to-day operational challenges and requirements.
Georgina is Counsel in the Residential Property team where she acts for both domestic and international clients on a variety of freehold and leasehold transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of prime London property, secured lending, management work, landlord and tenant advice.
Well versed in both single property transactions and large-scale portfolio investments and refinances, she is committed to exemplary client service irrespective of the size, value or nature of the matter.
She has a wealth of experience acting on luxury new build estates; both on the purchaser side for ultra high net worth investors and for large-scale developers. She has also travelled frequently to South East Asia, developing relationships in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Georgina takes a commercial and solution focused approach to her transactions. She is decidedly aware that all matters are unique, as are the people and businesses behind them and aims to deliver carefully tailored advice accordingly.
Georgina was named a “Rising Star” in Spear’s Property Index 2026.
