Henry Stuart
One of London’s secret property power players, Withers’ residential property head focuses on prime transactions for HNWs and institutions, particularly…
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Caroline Roberjot
Roberjot loves creating a network of important connections for clients: ‘Fantastic property finders, mortgage brokers, private bankers — it’s putting…
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Michael Ranson
Ranson has been a Macfarlanes man for close to fourteen years, but colleagues still remember his rather uncommon trainee application.…
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Simon Pring
Farrer’s estates and private property head is clear about what separates the great from the good. ‘A sense of humour,’…
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Thomas Moran
‘What is the decisive tax change or event that will reverse London’s success as an international city?’ was the question…
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Beverley Lewis
At its apex, even property law is often about more than just the law: ‘You feel like you’re giving more…
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Bertie Hoskyns-Abrahall
‘It’s been a strange year,’ says Hoskyns-Abrahall. Properties and agricultural lands have slipped below the market radar, and the bulk…
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Penny Elliott
Elliott, a lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience, is commercially astute and also, as one peer mentions, a ‘creative…
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Sarah Conway
‘I think we’ve seen the end of all the changes, I say with my fingers crossed,’ muses Conway on the…
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Saskia Arthur
Arthur recently spoke to UHNWs who still found London desirable, thanks to its robust rule of law and quality education.…
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‘He really understands people and combines this with an incisive ability to drive through a strategy to obtain the best…
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Mark Harper
The court system, which Harper says is ‘on the point of collapse’ with ‘demoralised’ staff, is further strained by self-representing…
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Catherine Bedford
Star solicitor to CEOs, investment bankers, sports stars, supermodels and entertainers, Bedford established Lee & Thompson’s family team from a…
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Elizabeth Hicks
Elizabeth Hicks – Irwin Mitchell It’s been ten years since Hicks was brought in to head up Irwin Mitchell’s family…
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Frances Hughes
Hughes is not a lawyer short of accolades. Peers described her as ‘a tour de force: a blend of fierce…
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James Freeman
‘“There was only one tiny, tiny problem with this plan. It was bollocks,”’ says Freeman, quoting Captain Blackadder. ‘I think…
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Emma Hatley
Hatley’s international expertise has seen her take on some of the most complex cases, recently acting for the mother in…
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Diana Parker
‘There is no one who can match her intellectually or her wide-ranging experience. Her clients are fortunate to be advised…
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Helen Ward
A ‘tigress who never sleeps’ according to peers, the Spear’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner has had another stellar year dealing…
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Maggie Rae
Rae is described as ‘the grande dame of divorce’ and dealt with Princess Diana’s divorce, yet she is as grounded…
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