Tom is a Senior Associate working in our residential property team, focusing on prime and super-prime residential property transactions. He has significant experience dealing with the disposal and acquisition of freehold and leasehold properties, including new builds, unregistered titles, buy-to-lets, transfers of equity, and large property portfolios.
Tom is also experienced in dealing with a range of property finance and re-finance transactions with private and international lenders, as well as redemptions.
He has previously advised an international client base as well as banks, first-time buyers, and corporate investors.
I was extremely impressed by the high level of service I received from Tom Axon. He was very efficient and professional throughout and kept me well informed at each stage during the process.
Conveyancing client
I cannot recommend Tom Axon highly enough…we have been more than delighted with the expertise Tom has shown.
Conveyancing client, C. Reidy
Expertise
- Prime and super-prime residential property transactions
- Property finance and re-finance
- Transfer of equity
- Large property portfolios
- Buy-to-let and corporate investors
- New-build acquisitions
Experience
- Acted on the purchase of a listed building, with change of use from a public house including planning permission aspects following conversion with various conditions across multiple titles including possessory titles.
- Advised on the sale of a freehold property, which included complex contract drafting and negotiation for deferred payments due to the seller.
- Acted on the purchase of a portfolio of properties for a repeated buy-to-let investor, which included financing for each property from a private bank and continuing to act in the subsequent sale of the properties.
- Acted on the purchase of prime new-build apartments worth £7.5m with financing from a private bank.
- Advised on bridging loan finance as a second charge secured against a prime London property, which was subject to planning works.
- Acted on the purchase of a portfolio of buy-to-let properties including 11 flats in a new development and 24 flats above a hotel.
- Assisted on the purchase of a freehold interest of a building containing 20 flats subject to assured shorthold tenancy agreements and 11 long leases.
- Advised on purchase and re-finance property transactions utilising Islamic financing structures, including Ijara and Murabahah.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Career
Tom qualified as a solicitor in 2017. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, he worked at the following firms:
- Trowers & Hamlins
- Crane & Staples