Arwel is a property and estates lawyer with expertise in advising individuals, companies, charities and trusts on all aspects of residential and agricultural property transactions, including landlord and tenant matters. Arwel has considerable experience of acting for overseas clients and dealing with the off-shore element of a transaction.
Expertise
- Acting for landlords and tenants on long leases, residential, business and agricultural tenancies
- Acting for either landlord or tenant on lease extensions and tenants’ right to purchase the freehold title to a building
- Advising on covenants and easements
- Conditional agreements, options to purchase, claw-back and pre-emption agreements
- Mortgaging and re-mortgaging of properties, whether off-shore or otherwise
- Sale and purchase of freehold and leasehold residential property, particularly at the high end of the market
- Sale and purchase of commercial property including agricultural land and estates
Experience
- Sale of a Grade II listed country house in the Home Counties for an eight figure sum
- Purchase of a hotel in the West Country
- Sale and purchase of various properties in central London, each valued at several million pounds and some of which involved off-shore financing
- Sale of a substantial flat in Notting Hill for a seven figure sum
- Purchase of three estates and agricultural properties in the South and South West of England
- Purchase of several investment properties in central London for an overseas client
- Acting for a trust in respect of its commercial property portfolio
- Acting for a trust, as landlord of a large block of flats, in relation to applications submitted by tenants for a lease extension
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised by The Legal 500 2022 for Residential Property
Recognised in Who’s Who Legal 2022 for Private Funds – Formation
Career
Arwel qualified as a solicitor in 1997. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2009, he worked at the following firms:
- Bates Wells & Brathwaite
- MacFarlanes