Private Client

We provide advice and assistance in all aspects of community care law including care planning, at home (domiciliary) care, care home and nursing home placements (including for short-term respite and rehabilitation), hospital discharge, care funding (including Continuing Health Care funding, personal budgets and direct payments), and assessments and the provision of services from statutory bodies under the Care Act 2014, and section 117 Mental Health Act 1983.

• Acted for mother of a young man with severe learning difficulties – challenged inadequate provision in a private supported living placement.
• Acted for husband after wife’s hospitalisation in relation to the duties he owed under her Lasting Power of Attorney, and on care planning, hospital discharge, care home placement, and rehabilitation.
• Acted for family of incapacitated elderly mother due to urgent concerns regarding care funding, care home disputes with the local authority, deputyship, and a deprivation of liberty issue.
• Advised in relation to a safeguarding dispute over contact between a son and his elderly mother who was receiving end-of-life care.
• Acted on behalf of an Irish man living with dementia in a London care home; secured return to Ireland in line with his wishes.
• Acted for a client regarding concerns about a local authority’s unlawful action ignoring her spiritual and religious needs in best-interest decision-making, also involved safeguarding failures, and disputes under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Care Act 2014.
• Acted on the instructions of a professional deputy in relation to a care funding complaint against the local authority, relating to a woman who was the subject of long-running Court of Protection proceedings.
• Advised brother and mother of disabled young woman who was the subject of lengthy Court of Protection proceedings in relation to the merits of a health and welfare deputyship application, the care planning obligations owed by the local authority under the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the potential routes for challenge, including complaints to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO).

Our Private Client team advises those with assets or liabilities across a number of jurisdictions on how to best minimise future difficulties that may arise. Many of our clients reside in one country whilst possessing substantial assets in another. Our lawyers advise on the English legal implications that occur from cross-border probate, wills, and capacity issues, liaising with overseas advisers, HMRC, and the Probate Registry to resolve what can be complex legal and tax issues both during their lifetime and after death.

• Instructed to administer the estates of a wife and husband who had mixed domicile and worldwide assets of circa £1 billion.
• Advised an internationally renowned musician on issues of domicile surrounding his family home in the UK and liaising with Canadian lawyers on the impact for his worldwide estate.
• Advised executors in relation to cross-border estate administration devolved by two wills, one dealing exclusively with the South African estate and the other dealing with the deceased’s worldwide estate outside South Africa (assets in UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey, South Africa, USA and Australia)
• Advised an UHNW Middle Eastern family on succession and tax rules applicable for a deceased client with multiple assets in different jurisdictions, including the UK rules of intestacy, Sharia succession, French, Panamanian and Gibraltar succession rules.
• Advised on a matter concerning the demand for disclosure of English wills to Swiss authorities.
• Set up a family office structure for a Malaysian family in four jurisdictions.
• Advised on a Cayman STAR trust structure for a Dubai-based family.
• Advised a family on UK and coordinating Sharia law advice in relation to a worldwide restructuring of assets held in Dubai prior to return to the UK.
• Acted in the administration of a large estate of a leading musician with complex business property relief and US tax issues together with French and Spanish issues regarding a minor inheriting real estate in France and Spain.

Disputes are an unwelcome reality for individuals, and sound judgement and advice from dispute specialists is essential in order to decide the best course of action and strategy for your particular situation. Our experienced litigation team can rigorously pursue litigation options, as well as advising on alternatives, such as arbitration and mediation.

• Acted for a well-known Iranian businessman and his associated companies in their successful defences to claims of fraud in the sum of circa £6.5 million.
• Acted for the claimant against a well-known auction house and artist in a professional negligence claim arising from the sale of valuable antiquities for circa $6.5 million.
• Acted for the claimant against a well-known auction house in a claim for professional negligence arising out of the sale of very valuable paintings.
• Acted for the claimant against a well-known firm of surveyors in a claim for professional negligence arising from the purchase of a high-value residential property with dry rot and structural issues.
• Acted on various cases for claimants against well-known firms of solicitors in claims for professional negligence and challenging solicitors’ costs.
• Acted for a private client in relation to his enforcement of a Russian Judgment in the High Court. The Judgment debt was circa RUR 300 million (circa £3 million).
• Acted for a private client in relation to a claim against a jeweller for breach of contract arising from the loss and sale of valuable jewellery items.
• Acted for various claimants regarding contested wills arising from claims for invalidity by reason of wills not having been properly executed and/or witnessed.
• Acted for various claimants in challenging the validity of wills due to the deceased’s lack of capacity and/or undue influence.
• Acted for a number of claimants in successfully appealing against university decisions.
• Acted on various high-value claims for both claimants and defendants in relation to claims made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.
• Advised on numerous neighbour disputes, including Party Wall Act issues and boundaries.
• Acted for two individuals in a claim against a national residential house builder, in respect of defectively constructed luxury property. Proceedings were issued in the Technology and Construction Court to enforce a property agreement, between the parties, under which the defendants were obliged to build a replacement property for the claimants (the clients) to move into. A summary judgment was obtained for the claimants on part of the claim, the terms of settlement agreed and filed at court the week before the five-day trial was due to commence. Subsequently, the claimants recovered damages to cover the cost of completing the construction of the property and a significant proportion of their costs of the claim.
• Acted for an individual in successfully recovering a substantial sum from a bank arising from the mis-selling of a loan secured by a mortgage over a business.
• Advised a HNWI on the interpretation and application of a shareholders’ agreement governing a PE investment into a large accommodation business.
• Advised a HNW Russian national on a shareholder’s dispute over control of a Swiss group of companies.
• Acted for a family trust in a claim against a former trustee for breach of trust.
• In-house advisor to the private business controlled by an ultra-high-net-worth individual in relation to multiple claims arising from the 2008 financial crisis and misfeasance in an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
• Advised two HNWIs to recover over US$35m invested in “with growth” funds with a collapsed mutual in less than 3 months and including interest and a contribution to costs in a case where the majority of creditors recovered pennies in the pounds many years later.
• Advised a US-based HNWI on claims against a high profile Russian multi-national company arising from the bulk transportation of products.
• Acted for an UHNW individual in claims relating to the construction of a luxury house in Surrey.
• Acted for an HNW individual in fraud proceedings against family members relating to a London property portfolio.
• Acted for an HNW individual in fraud proceedings relating to the purchase of a substantial listed property in the Home Counties.
• Acted on a dispute relating to ownership of the world’s largest ruby.
• Acted on a dispute relating to ownership of Egyptian antiquities.

From the preparation of a single jurisdiction will, which all individuals should have as a bare minimum, to the most sophisticated arrangements covering issues such as domicile, estate planning and trusts. We advise settlors and trustees on the creation and administration of trusts as well as probate matters and the administration of estates.

• Advised an elderly high‑net‑worth individual, the beneficiary of a contentious high‑value estate mainly comprising farming assets, in relation to lifetime gifts, her will and lasting powers of attorney for financial and health and care decisions.
• Drafted the will for client shortly before he died of a terminal illness. After the client’s death, acted as co‑executor to administer the deceased’s estate alongside his widow.
• Advised on and prepared Sharia (Islamic) compliant UK wills for families based in the Gulf in relation to their UK assets.
• Drafted wills for a wealthy couple seeking to take advantage of the UK/Indian Double Tax Treaty.
• Drafted wills considering the devolution of copyrights and royalties worldwide.
• Advised two medically vulnerable clients regarding wills, a gift of a property and Lasting Powers of Attorney. This advice follows after the clients were scammed by an online Will writing service
• Drafted wills and estate planning for farming clients.
• Drafted wills taking into account potential claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
• Drafting wills dealing with intellectual/agricultural/business property (including a working port) and art collections.
• Drafted complex UK (and liaison with overseas advisors) and overseas wills for musician with complex royalties and copyright issues both in the UK and worldwide.
• Administered an estate with a large number of rental properties and business assets. Many of the properties had historical and problematic tenancy arrangements.
• Acted as a court‑appointed independent trustee in a complex estate involving multiple properties and international assets.
• Acted for executor/trustees of a discretionary will trust in the administration of the trust and ongoing support for a vulnerable discretionary beneficiary.
• Advised the executors of a complex estate with overseas assets and successfully claimed the TNRB and TRNRB with HMRC, where the predeceased spouse was resident abroad but domiciled in the UK.
• Acted for a widow and administered the intestate estate of her late husband, including a statutory trust for minor children.
• Acted on a successful claim of an active service exemption for a deceased client in respect of wounds received 62 years prior to death thereby obtaining a refund of £585,000 of inheritance tax and interest to the deceased’s estate.
• Advised the executors of a farming estate and successfully claimed Agricultural Relief for both the farmland and the farmhouse.
• Dealt with an estate where the only asset was a derelict property worth £2.5m. This required obtaining a special grant of probate to sell the property to release funds before paying any inheritance tax and negotiating with HMRC and the probate service.

We take pride in delivering a service that goes well-beyond just legal advice and is designed to reduce, as much as possible, the challenges associated with matrimonial breakdown and divorce.

From pre-nuptial agreements to full-blown custody battles, we initially focus on putting together a good strategy and then work tirelessly on achieving the desired outcome.

• Advised a wife in divorce proceedings where the assets were global and one trust alone exceeded £500m in value. This involved complicated tax issues and therefore consultation with a number of tax advisers.
• Represented UHNW individuals in divorces involving asset portfolios exceeding £200m, with property, companies, and investments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Recovered more than 80% of a client’s legal fees from her husband due to his misconduct and repeated non-disclosure during the divorce process.
• Represented the applicant husband in financial proceedings where there were significant assets along with a large income disparity. The wife spent to excess and therefore sought maintenance c£12,000 pcm.
• Litigated and represented a ‘silver separator’ who divorced 20 years ago. She believed that a financial consent order had been reached in 1994. Submitted a notice to show cause application. Assets comprised multiple plots of farmland with significant development potential and approved planning permission. Assets exceeded £8 million.
• Advised a wife in a high-net-worth divorce and financial settlement, with assets exceeding several million pounds. The case involved a complex negotiation over substantial assets, including a £1.3 million share sale, significant savings, and high earnings from both parties, who worked in prestigious roles.
• Acted for a musician in a high-profile band on divorce with assets in excess of £20m.
• Represented a client in a complex cohabitation dispute involving a 20-year+ relationship and resolved the matter swiftly using arbitration.
• Acted for a businessman in complex financial proceedings with two sets of intervenors. The matter concluded in arbitration.
• Main solicitor assisting in a £10 million financial remedy case which followed the arbitration process.
• Represented the wife of a C-Suite American banker in a high-value divorce involving US tax implications and a complex remuneration package involving one of the first ever arbitrations.
• Advised on strategy and navigating difficult circumstances to find a pathway to a negotiated settlement outside of court, including the use of non-court dispute resolution processes, such as lawyer lead mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation.
• Acted for a client following a 20-year relationship, involving a property dispute regarding their jointly held property without an express declaration of trust. Advised on issuing proceedings under TOLATA. Settlement was reached at a private FDR.
• Drafted a cohabitation agreement for an elderly female widower looking to live with her new partner and to protect assets exceeding £5m.
• Advised and represented multi-millionaire in relation to cohabitation agreement. Several cross jurisdictional issues to consider, as well as religious aspects.
• Represented a mother in a case against a former Premier League footballer with assets worth £10m. Achieved a favourable financial settlement for the mother at a private court hearing.
• Advised a husband in a same‑sex marriage on financial settlement issues where there had already been an earlier division of assets.
• Drafted a pre‑nuptial agreement for a high‑profile English rock star and resolving his subsequent divorce and financial settlement in accordance with the terms of the agreement without the court’s intervention, thereby maintaining his privacy throughout.
• Acted in the applications to freeze the assets of a husband where the properties and companies were spread out worldwide and the applications had to be made simultaneously in many jurisdictions.
• Represented the wife on a leading pre-nuptial agreements and international divorce case, in which it was confirmed that a spouse may receive a sharing award on divorce despite the existence of a valid pre-nuptial agreement which excluded the sharing of assets (Brack v Brack [2018] EWCA Civ 2862).

We advise high-profile clients requiring structures to manage the ownership and commercial exploitation of their personal images and provide ongoing contractual advice on image rights.

Clients often require our assistance in developing their brand management strategies and protecting their reputation, both by way of formal proceedings and through more discrete and tactical negotiation.

• Advising on image rights agreements for an international footballer playing in the English league.
• Advised a Red Bull Junior Team driver on contractual issues and image rights.
• Negotiated brand ambassador sponsorship for Georgina Geikie (2012 Olympian, double Commonwealth Bronze Medallist).
• Advising a Premier League footballer in relation to possible defamation/breach of personality and image rights arising from his pictorial image in a Sony PlayStation game.
• Advised a high-profile sports professional on contract with agent, sponsorship agreements and a bespoke structure to protect personal wealth.
• Advised a photographer in relation to a copyright dispute.
• Represented high-profile individuals in libel claims, achieving prompt and successful settlements.
• Acted for a leading football manager in a libel action resulting in the highest recorded award of damages by a jury against a national newspaper.
• Provided reputational advice to a prominent ex-footballer during high-profile divorce proceedings.
• Advised on security considerations for a sportsperson and their family in advance of an overseas move.
• Obtained a positive judgment in a landmark ruling for the Duchess of Sussex against Associated News in relation to a privacy and copyright claim at the pre-trial stage.
• Secured an emergency injunction against a national weekend newspaper, preventing the publication of private information regarding the family of a well-known actor.
• Provided reputational advice to a Middle Eastern family during highly publicised litigation.
• Provided advice to a globally renowned singer in the purchase of London property, ensuring all details remained private thereby minimising any security risks.

We advise private clients on the acquisition, ownership, and succession of luxury assets, including art, horseracing and equine, superyachts, and private jets. Our multidisciplinary teams provide guidance on financing, regulation, tax, and disputes, helping clients protect value, manage complexity, and enjoy their assets with confidence.

• Represented the purchaser in the purchase of a 22m wooden sailing sloop.
• Acted for the buyer in the new build of a 35m Italian superyacht.
• Advised an Irish Family Office, acting for one of Ireland’s wealthiest individuals in the purchase of a new build superyacht in Italy.
• Advised a Bahamas-based buyer of the construction contract for a 40m new build yacht for £11.5m.
• Acted on a simultaneous sale and purchase of two 30m yachts in Venice Italy for an English buyer.
• Acted for the seller of a 60m superyacht in relation to the loan finance, yacht management and sale.
• Drafted and advised on a sale and part-ownership agreement for the sale for a seven-figure sum of a 50% share of an Olympic dressage horse who was changing nationality.
• Advised on contracts for the sale and training of an international show jumper.
• Advised on a dispute over the sale of a leisure horse for a significant sum in circumstances where buyer and seller had their names and reputations to protect but the horse was unsatisfactory for veterinary reasons and owing to its unpredictable behaviour. Safeguarded clients’ investments through the negotiation and drafting of agreements for the purchasing of significant pieces of contemporary art. [Benjamin Maltby]
• Advised a prominent UHNW art collector, on multiple purchases and disposals of artworks including paintings and sculpture, often with multi-jurisdictional elements including the UK, USA and EU.
• Advised a HNW individual on the ownership structure of their art collection alongside lawyers in various jurisdictions specialising in tax, property, trusts and estates.
• Advised a celebrated film director on the acquisition of an artwork which had inspired their blockbuster movie.

Our experts advise on health and welfare and property and affairs matters, including lasting powers of attorney and applications to the Court of Protection, in relation to mental capacity, best interests and community care law. We also advise on care planning, carers’ rights, hospital discharge, NHS services and care funding, and safeguarding issues.

• Acted on behalf of a billionaire with Lewy Body Dementia, in proceedings brought by his brother; involved allegations of restrictions on contact and of manipulation and undue influence in the creation of his lasting powers of attorney.
• Acted on the instructions of a high-net-worth individual whose wife lacked capacity to make decisions about where she lived; the relevant authority had concerns about his exercise of control over her in their marital home. The concerns were ultimately deemed unfounded.
• Advised a mother on the prospects of a health and welfare deputyship application in regard to her son.
• Instructed to undertake detailed investigations into two complex issues ahead of a potential health and welfare deputyship application to the Court of Protection in relation to a client’s son. This included instructions to investigate the client’s son’s capacity to make decisions, which were complicated due to his age and medical diagnoses.
• Acted on behalf of an elderly client seeking to challenge an NHS decision to amputate his leg, arising from unstable diabetes.
• Created Lasting Powers of Attorney for Health and Welfare and Property and Affairs for a HNW individual. She wished to appoint her son, but not her husband, as attorney, and she held property in England and in South Asia. Detailed consideration of coercive control and safeguarding.
• Advised client regarding allegations of financial mismanagement in her role as attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney for her lifelong partner, by his sons. Assistance and guidance through OPG investigation process.
• Acted in a Court of Protection application for a £10 million statutory gift and statutory will in a multi-million estate.
• Acted on making an ex parte application for removal of a deputy and being appointed as an interim deputy.
• Acted as a professional attorney for high-net-worth clients under lasting powers of attorney as well as advising lay clients in their role as attorney.
• Acted as a professional deputy as well as advising lay clients in relation to their own appointment and their duties as deputy.
• Acted as deputy for a disabled individual after the lay deputy’s retirement from the role. When the deputyship was acquired, significant savings and a new budget was required due to the previous unchecked spending and investment regime leaving a small investment portfolio for the client to live off.
• Acted for a client with extreme physical and mental disabilities and therefore unable to manage their own finances. Instruction was given to take over the deputyship and an extensive review was required of the finances as the previous deputy had not considered the cashflow position and affordability of paying large gratuitous care payments on top of privately funded care. Their funds are now set to last until they are 99 years old, whereas it would have previously run out in their 70s. [
• Acted for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2015 in a road traffic accident which resulted in permanent cognitive impairment. Appointment of deputyship was obtained as client struggled handling large sums of money. Global capitalised settlement in excess of £17M.

Reported cases

• Hinduja v Hinduja and others [2022]: welfare and property and affairs disputes relating to Srichand Hinduja
• In the matter of AB [2020]: habitual residence, recognition of foreign protective measure and deprivation of liberty
• In the matter of MB [2019]: withdrawal of treatment and advising MB’s mother in the latter stages of the litigation:
• In the matter of AT [2018]: costs award against LB Harrow arising from a community deprivation of liberty case
• In the matter of M [2018]: forced marriage and capacity to marry including extensive fact finding
• In the matter of P [2015]: instructed by P’s mother in a deprivation of liberty challenge resulting in detailed guidance

Moving to the UK alone or with family is often a complex and, at times, daunting prospect. Our immigration experts can provide tailored, sensitive advice that is based around your individual requirements. Where required we can work alongside our Employment and Private Client teams to assist you on issues including family immigration, dependants, civil partners, same-sex relationships, fiancés or spouses, residence permits, naturalisation applications, immigration issues around setting up businesses/investments and workplace sponsorships, and intra-company transfers.

• Assisted with a large number of family based and European applications. Highlights include an application for leave to remain for a very well-known international sports person.
• Advised high-net-worth investors who invested over £2m, £5m and £10m funds in the UK economy. Provided strategic advice from the outset on sources of funding, permitted investments, business plans, including possibilities of dependants outside marriage, to obtain indefinite leave to remain (accelerated) and settlement.
• Advised several snooker players on their immigration options for trials with the World Snooker Championships and subsequently switching to Tier-5 Sportsmen visas.
• Advised a wealthy investor on the immigration of his children/families outside marriage as his dependants. Advising and assisting with family-based applications such as spouse visas, for a large number of clients.
• Assisted a wealthy family holding citizenship by investment Cypriot passports with EU and UK status during their permanent relocation to Spain, working alongside tax advisors to protect non-domicile status.
• Advised an EU national with his application for a British passport and future renunciation of his EU citizenship in order to facilitate the purchase of his home in Monaco.
• Acted for a PEP and family on general UK immigration matters including an overseas domestic worker, a UK permanent residency and UK naturalisation.

We deliver commercially orientated advice to individual entrepreneurs, family companies, landowners, trustees and promoters of investment structures. This often relates to estate planning on both a stand-alone basis and during the preparation of wills and trusts in order to reduce capital gains and inheritance tax liabilities. We advise on capital gains tax and implement inheritance tax mitigation structures (including offshore planning) in ways that are tailored to each client’s unique circumstances.

• Providing ongoing advice to the widow of a wealthy (£30M+) former multi plc managing director on lifetime and estate inheritance tax planning and structured family provision via her will and trusts, taking account of constantly changing circumstances, and working closely with her longstanding accountant in regular review meetings.
• Acted for high-net-worth cohabitees, drafting new wills and LPAs to incorporate effective inheritance tax planning for a blended family.
• Advised an eminent Cambridge professor on inheritance tax planning strategies including a double trust scheme; then acted for his executors in the administration of his estate and in negotiations with HMRC.

• Advised manufacturing entrepreneurs worth £60m on their succession plan to include restructuring their existing trusts and creating trusts in their wills to claim business property relief.

• Advised and implemented a ‘gift with leaseback’ arrangement on a £3m family home to mitigate IHT.
• Advised a recently separated high-net-worth individual on a new will and setting up a family investment company as part of the IHT successional planning exercise.
• Maximised the claim for Business Relief and Agricultural Relief in relation to a £4m farming probate and also making a claim for Quick Succession Relief.
• Provided estate planning, succession and tax advice to family members resident and domiciled in the Middle East in relation to their UK properties.
• Acted for a family with significant equine interests on their complex estate and succession planning arrangements.
• Advised a construction entrepreneur on a pre‑business sale planning strategy designed to maximise available tax reliefs and wealth protection.
• Acted for an ultra-high-net-worth entrepreneurial couple in relation to ‘asset protection’ wills and the creation of a family trust.
• Advised an ultra-high-net-worth billionaire Dutch client and his advisers in relation to his worldwide affairs and structures including tax planning, running his trust/corporate structures, purchasing high-end residential property, purchasing and holding a very high value art collection, and investment in his family business.
• Advised an ultra-high-net-worth billionaire Middle Eastern family in relation to setting up an asset protection trust structure to hold the family’s worldwide residential property, aircraft, boats and art.
• Advised the executors of a multi-jurisdictional estate in relation to the reporting to HMRC of a complex claim for non-UK domicile including, advice on gifts with reservation, pre-owned assets tax, trust interests, deeds of variation, HMRC enquiries and the ongoing administration of the estate.
• Acted for the executors of a discretionary will trust to vary the trust into an interest in possession trust in order to secure a more favourable tax regime.
• By a deed of variation, introduced a Business Trust to capture Business Relief on £7m of business assets sold shortly after first death. The variation potentially saved 40% IHT.
• Advised the trustees of various trusts holding multi‑million-pounds worth of assets on a successful application under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958.
• Advised the executors of a farming estate and successfully claimed Agricultural Relief for both the farmland and the farmhouse.

We advise the buyers or sellers of residential and agricultural property and deal with related issues such as landlord and tenant interests and lease extensions. We have particular expertise with high-value residential properties situated throughout England and Wales and can assist on complex planning issues.

Keystone Law is accredited by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme, which means we can typically act for your chosen lender as well as you. This will ensure a seamless and, where necessary, rapid transaction.

• 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 prime new-build apartments worth £7.5m with financing from a private bank.
• 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.
• Acted for a Peer who sold their London property for £65m which involved complex negotiations with the solicitors acting for the overseas purchaser.
• Acting for an overseas ruling family who own several apartments in Park Lane, regularly handling licences for alterations and licences to underlet and assisting the client in acquiring additional apartments in the building in order to grow their portfolio.
• Advised a property seller on the sale of some adjacent apartments to a US high-net-worth client for a price exceeding £110 million.
• Acted for a high-net-worth family trust, regularly acting for the beneficiaries of the trust on their sales and purchases of property, mainly in London, which include leasehold properties in high-rise buildings for beneficiaries of the trust.
• Acted on the sale of a brownfield development site to a housing association.
• Acted for HNW clients on the sale and purchase of prime family homes in St Johns Wood, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Belgravia, Chiswick, and Westminster.
• Advised on the acquisition and redevelopment of farm buildings and listed barns into four high value residential units and their subsequent disposal.
• Advised various developers on the acquisition redevelopment and disposal of residential units on various private estates and Crown Estate in Surrey to include St George’s Hill Weybridge and the Wentworth Estate.
• Acted for a UK client on the purchase of a mansion in one of London’s most exclusive roads at a price of £38m involving complex tax planning.
• Acted for a UK client in the purchase of an incredible ‘futuristic property’ in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty deemed by The Architectural Review publication to be the ‘best on the world’ for almost £20m.
• Acted for a famous YouTuber/Boxer and social media personality in the acquisition of their property portfolio which involved several complex mortgage and financing elements.
• Acted for a UK client purchasing a new-build apartment at 80 Holland Park in Kensington for £14m.
• Acted for a high-profile international footballer on the purchase of his first London home.
• Acted for a UK client on the sale of a large estate set in several hundred acres comprising a palatial Grade II* listed mansion, cottages, outbuildings, and farmland.
• Acted on a residential purchase in Surrey worth £10 million.
• Acted on the purchase of a super-prime £18m penthouse at a landmark Grade II Listed building in Central London.
• Acted on the £16m acquisition of a historic Grade II Listed residence in central London, successfully achieving exchange of contracts within the seller’s 1-week deadline.
• Acted on the purchase of 4 residential buildings, 2 house and 2 blocks of flats, together being 20 units in Mayfair for a purchase price of approximately £47m.
• Led the team on a £34 million acquisition of one of the show townhouses at Chelsea Barracks.
• Acted in the purchase of a large country estate in Gloucestershire with a Grade II Listed Building.
• Sale of central London freehold office premises for a film production company client for in excess of £6m.
• Acted in the purchase of a working farm in Devon.
• Advised on the sale and purchase of prime and ultra-prime residential properties with individual values up to £52 million.
• Acted for a high-net-worth couple purchasing a £26 million family home in Holland Park.
• Acted on the purchase of Forbes House, Belgravia, and connected freehold and leasehold properties for overseas investors.
• Advised on the purchase of a large country estate at a price in excess of £10 million including associated landholdings and staff accommodation
• Acted for a UHNW family in the sales of their property portfolio at Chelsea Bridge Wharf and Battersea Power Station.
• Represented a member of the Royal Court from a Gulf State in a very urgent acquisition of some prime London apartments.
• Acted on the sale of a £45m house in Mayfair.
• Acted on the purchase of a Grade I listed 12th-century castle in the Cotswolds.
• Acted on the purchase of a large riverside property in Oxfordshire with two islands.
• Acted for the buyer of a central London property for £32.5 million.
• Acted on the purchase of a £6.5M residential property in South West London.
• Acted for clients selling land or property at auction, including preparation of the auction pack and attendance at the auction through to completion.
• Acted on the sale of a £22m newly built prime residence in Notting Hill.
• Represented the seller in one of the most prestigious homes in Barnes.
• Acted for Quad 200 on the acquisition of land and following development, the sale of the residential homes at Printers Mews in Teddington.
• Acting for Drayton Kirk on the acquisition of freehold property and following development, set up of estate and subsequent sales of 36 individual residential flats.
• Acted on the purchase of a £12.5m penthouse apartment in Prime Central London, consisting of three separate leases, split over two separate buildings, and incorporating a roof terrace.

• Instructed by a well-known theatrical producer opposing Stratford-upon-Avon District Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a neighbouring property and subsequently successfully challenging the planning permission in the High Court.
• Advised a private client in connection with the use of a neighbouring property as a nursery and its redevelopment proposals.
• Advised the owner of a significant property in NW3 as to GPDO rights enjoyed by their neighbour and objecting to a significant development proposal.
• Advised a private client in connection with a strategy to make a CLEUD application in respect of a house that was originally three flats.
• Instructed by a homeowner in Cambridge to give complex advice concerning the enforceability of a TPO.