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Carol is a partner in our Commercial Property team. She specialises in acquiring, managing and disposing of real estate whether through freehold or leasehold transactions, and supports retail clients with their property portfolios and helping them to plan for the future. Despite all of the challenges faced by retailers today Carol is a firm believer that the public will still want to be able to access compelling retail space in the future and we will never be content to only shop online. Having spent time in-house managing a large and diverse portfolio Carol empathises with the position that clients are in and uses this to tailor her advice. She also has extensive experience of managing teams to support clients as an extension of their in house function providing commercial legal advice that is focused on helping clients achieve their investment aims. Work highlights include supporting a number of clients through headquarter moves, and being part of the team that built our Real Estate Asset Management platform, which allows clients to access the up to date status of their real estate matters in real time.

Carol is a Senior Associate in our Private Client team who can advise individuals and families on strategic tax and succession planning through the generations. Carol has worked with estate owners, farmers and high net-worth clients throughout her career as a solicitor and has a keen understanding of their legal needs and how to help them achieve their goals. Carol regularly drafts Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney for her clients and advises them on the creation of trusts, both during their lifetime and under their Wills. Carol’s knowledge of landed estate matters means she can help clients manage estates whether they are privately owned or in a trust. She can offer clients her experience of dealing with applications under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 and the creation of a Heritage Maintenance Fund as part of long-term tax planning. Clients also seek Carol’s advice on all aspects of administering an estate, especially when dealing with complex issues and highly valuable or sentimentally important assets.

Celine had over 18 years’ experience advising on trust administration, taxation of trust, restructuring and winding up in the UK. Her main area of work includes advising trustees and beneficiaries, managing a variety of family, personal injury, grant making charitable and employee benefits trusts.

Charlene is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney in our Intellectual Property team with over 10 years’ experience in the field. She assists clients in navigating through the complexities of trade mark and design right registration procedures around the world.  In particular, she helps clients obtain a balanced and cost-effective portfolio of rights to enable them to support their strategic and commercial objectives and place them in the best position to avoid and resolve disputes quickly.  Further, she regularly conducts clearance searches in the UK and elsewhere to ensure that new brands are free to use. Over the years, she has worked with a variety of different sized clients across different sectors and enjoys getting to know clients and understanding their businesses in order to provide targeted and bespoke advice. Charlene is an active member of ECTA and represents the UK on the Publications Committee.

Legal Director

Legal Director

Lara is the firm’s Head of Affordable Housing. She has over 20 years’ experience in residential development acting for Housing Associations, national and regional housebuilders and local authorities. Her key area of interest is the provision of affordable housing and she’s passionate about working with clients to satisfy the ever increasing need for quality housing. Lara looks to add value to her clients by being an extension of their team. She takes time to understand the aims and objectives of each transaction in order to achieve these.

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Marina acts for housebuilders (both national and regional) and Registered Providers on all matters relating to the acquisition and promotion of sites for residential development. The work she is involved with ranges from straightforward subject to planning deals, options and promotion agreements to complex joint ventures and collaboration agreements and all related matters. With a keen interest in housing, she aims to establish great working relationships with her clients by understanding their business needs and helping them achieve the outcomes they want by delivering an excellent and efficient service.

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Simon is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. He has significant experience in advising clients on technically complex issues and disputes relating to all types of property, with a focus on commercial and development property. He provides high quality and pragmatic advice targeted at aiding his clients achieve their ambitions. Simon acts for a range of clients, including private landowners, financial institutions, commercial landlords and tenants as well as residential and commercial developers and asset managers. He regularly acts for clients in Court proceedings, arbitrations, tribunals and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediations and expert determinations.

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