Quastels LLP

Partner

Partner

Ben, the head of the Private Client team, is a versatile and commercial-thinking Partner who brings to Quastels a broad range of experience in advising individuals, families and companies, both UK and international, on UK tax, trust and succession planning matters.   His expertise includes tax advice on: Real estate Shares (acquiring, owning and disposing company shares) and partnership Wills, trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney Residence and domicile issues Lifetime tax planning Pre-arrival tax planning for international individuals and families Cryptocurrencies, NFTs and digital landscape   Ben is a member of the Law Society’s Tech London Advocates Blockchain Working Group. Ben has a commercial and personal outlook in his approach to technical issues faced by individuals and families, seeking to find a sensitive balance between the human and financial considerations faced by many clients.

Associate

Managing Partner

Dipti is a highly experienced and commercially astute employment lawyer with extensive experience in private practice and the non-profit sector. Having worked with one of the largest national childrens’ charities as sole Employment Counsel, Dipti is well versed in managing a range of diverse and complex employment matters and reputational risk. Dipti’s private clients range from those in regulated industries such as education, pharmaceutical and the financial sector as well as SME’s and start-ups. She is often considered an extension of in-house legal and HR teams who rely on her technical expertise as well as her exceptional commercial and operational insight.  Dipti also has extensive experience in negotiating exit packages and post termination restrictions for both her employer and employee clients. With a friendly down to earth approach, Dipti has developed long term relationships with many of her clients, some of whom have been with her for over 15 years.

Partner

Jayesh is head of the Corporate & Private Client Immigration team. He has over 10 years’ experience in advising private clients and corporate entities in relation to VISA’s required to ensure their effective operation within the UK. In 2022, Jayesh ranked in the City Wealth leaders list as a  ‘Top 10 Immigration Lawyer in the UK’. His experience includes Global Mobility and Immigration advice on: Tier 1 Investor, Innovator and Expansion Worker (formerly the Sole Representative) Licence Applications, Maintenance, Audit & Compliance Global Talent & International Sportsperson’s visa Human Rights, Civil Liberties & Extradition Complex Nationality cases, Appeals & Judicial Review Jayesh is a member of Chatham House; the international affairs think tank and is particularly aware of the importance and value of foreign nationals developing business. His client base emanates primarily from the EMEA region, and his corporate awareness compliments his ability to assist overseas entities with facilitating a presence in the United Kingdom. Jayesh is a trusted advisor to his clients; his experience extends to advising foreign diplomatic officials and extended members of foreign royal families, also Jayesh acts for some of the most prominent private individuals and companies in the UK.

Partner

Jonathan is an experienced and active commercial real estate lawyer and co-founded Quastels with David Quastel in 1998. As legal adviser to some of the UK’s largest family offices, private companies and entrepreneurs he is trusted by his clients for his depth of experience in investment, joint ventures and his ability to effect introductions at the highest level. He is also particularly active with clients involved in the arts and finance. Regarded by his loyal clients as a deal maker his clients rely upon him for his tactical and strategic approach to getting things done. Before starting Quastels, Jonathan spent nine years at Allen & Overy and SJ Berwin & Co. He has a degree in law from City Business School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Jonathan is a Partner in the Residential Property practice at Quastels and has over 30 years of experience acting for both commercial and private clients. Jonathan deals with high-value residential property transactions and has a wide range of clients. He has outstanding expertise in property acquisitions and disposals as well as landlord and tenant matters. Above all else Jonathan values his strong and longstanding relationships with his clients many of which go back over 25 years. He is known for his efficiency, integrity, and client focus.

Marcus is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with a wealth of cross-border experience.  His clients appreciate his hand-on style and advisory approach. He gets under the skin of his clients’ businesses and immerses himself in the detail.  Framing legal advice in a business context is his raison d’être. He works with start-ups, SMEs and larger companies, both in the UK and overseas, supporting them throughout their life cycle, helping them to grow their businesses, through acquisitions and organically, at home and abroad.  He advises management and stakeholders, advising on routine business matters and in troubled times, dealing with new investors and as they exit. Marcus has a wide range of experience in company mergers and acquisitions and advises on complex commercial contracts and diverse business models, including shareholders arrangements and joint ventures, licensing, distribution, concessions and franchises as well and e-commerce and publishing agreements.  

Partner

Meera is a Partner in the firm’s Residential Real Estate Team. She advises all on all types of residential property transactions, including purchases and sales of leasehold and freehold houses and apartments. Meera provides clear advice to her clients to achieve effective results as swiftly as possible, making sure that all parties are kept informed throughout the conveyancing process.  Meera has particular experience working on purchases of off-plan and new build apartments.

Senior Partner

Naomi joined Quastels in December 2022 as a partner in the commercial real estate team. Naomi specialises in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acting for landlords and tenants, drafting, negotiating and advising on leases and associated documents and complex conditional sale and purchase agreements. Naomi also has experience of working with developers, setting up commercial and mixed use developments and working with clients’ teams of professionals to ensure that the best possible advice is given based on the individual circumstances and wider concerns (including negotiating and reviewing ancillary documents such as s106 Agreements). In addition, Naomi has built up relationships with commercial lenders, giving expert advice in a time efficient manner to ensure their interests are fully protected whilst recognising the importance of maintaining relationships with their customers.

Head of Dispute Resolution

Simon heads the firm’s Sports Group. He is an experienced commercial disputes and regulatory lawyer with a sports industry focus. He is highly experienced in the representation of players, managers, agents, clubs and associations in disputes, providing them with specialist advice, including in connection with commercial contracts and sports specific regulations. His experience includes over 40 FIFA, CAS and other domestic and foreign arbitrations. He has also acted on a number of high profile sporting and financial investigations. Simon joined Quastels in 2021 from the US firm Squire Patton Boggs.