In their countdown of top 10 property law cases of 2023 EG awarded the Christmas number 1 spot to Fearn v Tate, calling it one of the most high-profile cases of the century.
Natasha Rees, Senior Partner at Forsters, was the lead lawyer advising the leaseholders, with Sarah Heatley, working with Tom Weekes KC and Richard Moules of Landmark Chambers.
Read moreForsters has advised Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Wrenbridge on the acquisition of a 2.6-acre site in Waltham Cross for the proposed development of a new 60,473 sq.ft. urban logistics scheme with a GDV of £25m.
Read morePrivate Client Partners, Nicholas Jacob and James Brockhurst will be speaking at the STEP Bermuda Conference taking place on 29-30 November 2023.
This conference will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and practitioners from around the globe to for two days of unparalleled networking, knowledge sharing, and strategic insights.
Read moreExplore our hub for everything you need to know about relocating to the UK and discover how our Private Wealth team can advise you on making the move as seamless as possible.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, Emma Gillies, will be chairing Informa Connect’s ‘Transatlantic Wealth & Estate Planning Conference’ taking place on November 7 in London.
The conference, targeting advisors of internationally mobile clients, will focus on how to navigate the most complex transatlantic arrangements for private clients. Covering topics including:
Read morePrivate Client Partner, James Brockhurst, has been invited to join the expert panel at the Global Partnership Family Office (‘GPFO’) European Conference 2023, held at the Royal Society London, to an audience of representatives from global family offices.
Read moreForsters advised Mack-Brooks Exhibitions in relation to the regear of the lease of premises in St Albans.
MBE, which is part of RELX Group plc, is a leading international organiser business-to-business events.
Read moreThe Industrial and Logistics team at Forsters has acted for longstanding clients Wrenbridge and Bridges Fund Management on pre-letting of three units at ‘Click Aylesford’ (as reported in React News). The pre-letting comprises 95,000 sq ft of the 300,000 sq ft scheme, where practical completion is expected in summer 2024.
Read moreThe Supreme Court found in favour of five Neo Bankside residents earlier this year, holding that the viewing gallery at the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern had created a nuisance by interfering with living conditions at their flats at Neo Bankside. The proceedings were remitted to the original trial judge in the High Court, Sir Anthony Mann, to determine the appropriate remedy.
Read moreRural Land and Business Senior Associate, Adam Saunby, will be running the MBL webinar ‘Buying & Selling Farms - The Nuts & Bolts’ on 24 January 2024.
This webinar will look at the fundamentals of buying and selling farms, useful tips, as well as discussing some of the nuances that acting in land transactions brings.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, Emma Gillies, will be attending STEP Miami's 12th Annual Summit taking place in Miami on October 18 - 20.
The conference will bring together professionals from around the globe to discuss the newest changes, updates, and trends in the market for international private client planning.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, Charlotte Evans-Tipping, is joining the panel in Riyadh as part of Jersey Finance’s ‘Perspectives: Women in Leadership’ series of events.
Delegates at this women only event will hear Charlotte and other female business leaders share their experiences of the financial services industry in a panel discussion.
Read moreContentious Trusts and Estates Senior Associate, Rory Carter, has been invited to speak in The Law Society’s webinar ‘Back to basics on Digital Assets’.
The session will be split into three key areas:
Read moreActing on behalf of Singapore-based private equity firm Q Investment Partners, we are delighted that our Student Accommodation team has facilitated a joint venture with Hurlington Capital to develop an £80 million student accommodation site in Woolwich.
Read moreDuring Lorraine’s ITV morning show on Friday 8 September, Head of Family, Jo Edwards joined Lorraine and celebrity relationship expert, Paul Carrick Brunson on the sofa to share advice on how to have a good break-up.
Read moreForsters have provided advise to SciBite Limited on the renewal of their lease at Biodata Innovation Centre, Cambridge.
Part of the FTSE 100 RELX Group plc, SciBite is a developer of a suite of award-winning technology products for major pharmaceutical and life sciences companies.
Read moreFollowing our recent firmwide survey, our diversity results are here, and we’re pleased to see that we’re making progress in becoming an environment where all of our people can flourish.
Read moreContentious Trusts and Estates Senior Associate and co-chair of the ConTrA Committee, Ashleigh Carr, is chairing TL4 & ConTrA’s Private Client Summer School: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide 2023.
The 3rd annual Summer School offers a programme for junior lawyers to broaden their knowledge of the Private Client practice area and refine their skills.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, James Brockhurst has been invited to speak at Informa Connect’s Conference ‘Cross-Border Planning: Wealth Management Solutions for the New Age Business Family’.
Read moreOur Commercial Real Estate and Construction teams are delighted to have acted for HG Living on the forward funding of a new 350-bed student accommodation scheme by Q Investment Partners (QIP).
Read moreForsters have advised RELX (UK) Limited on their new lease at No4, Wellington Place, Leeds.
Part of RELX Group plc, RELX (UK) is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
Read moreHead of Family, Jo Edwards, gave evidence to the Justice Select Committee on Monday 19 June about the Ministry of Justice’s recently concluded consultation on supporting earlier resolution of private family law arrangements.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, James Brockhurst, has been invited to speak on digital assets at the Spears 500 Live 2023 conference.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, Nick Jacob, has been invited to moderate a session on family governance at the STEP Asia Conference 2023.
The STEP Asia Conference brings together speakers and attendees from around the world to discuss cutting-edge topics relevant to the wealth management community.
Read moreForsters has advised Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Wrenbridge on the acquisition of a site 1.5 miles from Heathrow airport for £60m.
Acquired from residential developer, Stonegate Homes, the plan is to develop a 110,570 sq ft urban logistics scheme, comprising of three units ranging from 22,131 sq ft to 58,127 sq ft.
Read moreDispute Resolution Partner, Caroline Harbord, and Contentious Trusts and Estates Partner, Hannah Mantle, have been invited to speak at Mourant’s Trusts and Private Wealth Forum 2023 in Jersey and Guernsey.
Read morePrivate Client Partner, Emma Gillies, has been invited to speak at the Vie International 'Life and Legacy' PPLI Conference 2023.
Read moreDispute Resolution Partner, Caroline Harbord, Private Client Partner, Jeremy Robertson, and Contentious Trusts and Estates Senior Associate, Maryam Oghanna, are presenting a lunchtime session to STEP Jersey and the Société Jersiaise, on the topic of trustees and investments.
Read moreThe First Tier Tribunal (FTT) yesterday handed down its judgment in the matter of Various Lessees of Battersea Reach and St George Wharf -v- St George South London Ltd (and others).
Read morePrivate Client Partner, James Brockhurst, has been invited to speak at the International Trusts & Private Client Conferences 2023 in Jersey and Guernsey.
The conference, targeted at private client advisors, offers insights from expert speakers and sessions tailored to tackle the full scope of contentious, estate and tax planning issues facing the Channel Islands.
Read moreFrom 14 - 16 June, Senior Partner, Natasha Rees, and Residential Property Partner, Helen Marsh, will be taking part in a charity cycle ride for PedElle, raising money for Club Peloton, a charity that funds projects which transform the lives of young people.
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that members of a multi-disciplinary Forsters team have acted for a joint venture between developer General Projects and investor Neo Capital on the acquisition of part of the Royal Albert Docks in Liverpool.
The acquisition, reported in BBC News, was part funded by a loan from Merseyside Pension Fund.
Read moreActing for Singapore-based property firm Far East Orchard, we are delighted to announce that our Student Accommodation team has completed on the purchase of the Emily Davies Halls of Residence, a purpose-built student accommodation development in Southampton, for £13.9 million.
Read moreForsters is delighted to have acted for the Ministry of Defence in successfully defending the claims brought by Annington Homes regarding military service family accommodation.
Read moreForsters acted for LexisNexis Risk Solutions in relation to the lease renewal for their office in East Grinstead.
LNRS, which is part of RELX Group plc, provides analytics for organizations seeking to manage risks, find opportunities and improve their results.
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that, after a highly competitive tender process, Forsters have been reappointed as advisors to Notting Hill Genesis, one of London’s largest housing associations. We will continue to provide advice to Notting Hill Genesis, our longstanding client.
Read moreExtensive independent research commissioned by law firm Forsters reveals key growth opportunities as the industrial and logistics real estate sector adapts to market and policy pressures.
Read moreWe are thrilled to announce that members of our Commercial Real Estate team led by Partner Sara Branch acted for a JV between Telford Homes and Notting Hill Genesis to secure a £66m forward sale to London BTR Investments Lim
Read moreForsters have advised Taconic Capital Advisors on the renewal of the lease of their premises on Grosvenor Street, London.
Taconic Capital is a global alternative investment manager and advisory firm.
Read moreForsters has advised Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Cubex on the acquisition of a 2.6-acre site in Filton for the proposed development of a new 75,000 sq.ft Grade A urban logistics scheme with a GDV of £20m. The scheme is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2024.
Read moreFamily Partner, Dickon Ceadel, provided a session in London today at the annual Private Client Global Elite Rising Leaders Brunch entitled ‘Modern Families’ alongside Sarah Aughwane of Withersworldwide.
Dickon’s segment covered the cross dimensional elements of modern family cases focussing on issues surrounding surrogacy and cohabiting couples.
Read moreForsters, the leading real estate and private wealth law firm, has announced its most significant promotion round since the firm was established in 1998, promoting seven Senior Associates and Counsel to Partner and six Senior Associates to Counsel.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read morePrivate Wealth Partner, James Brockhurst, has published his book entitled ‘Cryptoassets for Private Clients: A Practitioner’s Guide’. Butterworths are the publisher.
This practical and authoritative text is aimed at legal practitioners in the UK and other common law jurisdictions and covers the issues of cryptoassets and blockchain technology.
Read moreTo celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, Forsters is delighted to be releasing a series of Q&As with some of our partners and employees who go above and beyond to champion equity across our business.
We hope they will provide an insight into what drives those individuals who are really pushing the equity agenda forward.
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Forsters has been nominated for the Real Estate Law Firm of the Year Award at the YN Property Awards 2023.
Read moreOn 1 February 2023 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the ongoing nuisance claim between the residents of Neo Bankside and the Tate Gallery relating to the public viewing gallery situated in the Blavatnik Building at the Tate Modern.
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Contentious Trusts and Estates Senior Associate, Ashleigh Carr, has been appointed co-chair of ConTrA (Contentious Trusts Association).
Read moreForsters are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in three categories at the upcoming Legal Cheek Awards.
Read moreOur Property Litigation team is pleased to note that its instruction by the Secretary of State for Defence in regard to ‘R (Annington Property & others) v Secretary of State for Defence’ has been included in The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases of 2023’.
Read morePrivate Client Partners, James Brockhurst and George Mitchell will be attending the STEP Cayman Conference 2023.
Read moreHead of Family, Jo Edwards has been included in eprivateclient’s '2023 50 Most Influential' – a shortlist of the most highly regarded figures in the UK and global offshore private client world, selected by judges based on achievements in the last 12 months considered alongside broader reputation and standing in the market.
Read moreHead of Family, Jo Edwards, joined Lorraine to stress the importance of considering all options and taking your time to decide whether a divorce is right for you.
Read morePrivate Client partner, Nick Jacob, TEP and former worldwide STEP Deputy Chair, has been honoured as an Emeritus member of the global professional membership body.
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