We are a *team of bright minds

I joined Lawrence Stephens as a Partner in September 2019 and contribute over 35 years of legal experience to our Real Estate/Secured Lending team.

Over the years, I have established a proactive, can-do attitude to meeting clients’ objectives and offer a level of service which, given my number of repeat clients, has clearly proven attractive.

I act for a range of leading UK specialist bridging finance lenders, providing extensive advice on property finance, landlord and tenant and commercial conveyancing matters. As well as advising on the acquisition, disposal and letting of commercial property, I have a large number of private property investors to whom I provide all types of commercial property management advice.

My clients are predominantly made up of established lenders in the bridging finance or property lending market and long standing private property investors. These range from clients with large Central London holdings to those with portfolios of shops, offices and industrial units. The variety offers a significant volume of work, but also provides the opportunity to establish close personal relationships with individual underwriters.

At my previous firm, I won the 'Best Legal Bridging Law Firm Partner' at the Bridging and Commercial Awards in 2010; came 'Highly Commended' in that category in the Bridging and Commercial Finance Awards in 2013 and was awarded the UK Bridge Finance Service Provider of the Year in the Finance Awards 2013.  I am also a member of the Association of Short-Term Lenders.

Lawrence Stephens’ cohort of long-suffering Spurs supporters welcomes me with wide open arms, though I also enjoys tennis, cricket and bridge, and am an avid cinema and theatre-goer.  When I'm not working, I involve myself in charity work to provide holiday opportunities to under-privileged children.

Experience highlights 

• Acted for the sale of a private property investor in relation to the sale of a portfolio of 18 tenanted properties at a price of £5,162,500
• Acted for the bank in relation to a loan of £1.25m secured by a mixture of first and second charges over 6 freehold and leasehold properties
• Acted for the executors of an estate in relation to the sale of 2 linked flats in St Johns Wood for £2.65m with enquiries from both buyer’s and lender’s solicitors
• Currently acting for borrower and lender in relation to 9 separate loans on a mixture of freehold and leasehold residential properties having a total loan value of £1.7m