Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP

Ari Bloom

Partner in property department specialising in commercial property and retail investments, including hotel and leisure projects and acting for both landlords and tenants in respect of the lettings of all types of commercial premises, extensive experience of acting for both UK and overseas borrowers in connection with the funding of investment properties. Acted for registered social housing provider in the acquisition of 135 properties for rough sleepers (in 2021) and a further 160 homes (in 2023) funded through Greater London Authority grant and private sector investment.

Barry Shaw

Partner specialising in commercial and residential property matters.

Colin Nahon

Partner - corporate transactions, commercial contracts and secured lending.

Declan O’Brien

Heads up the commercial property team (with Barry Shaw). Specialises in all aspects of commercial property law as well as banking.

Gary Phillips

Partner specialising in commercial property, acting for many high-net-worth individuals who invest in all types of commercial property.

Jeremy Harris

Partner. Main area of work is property litigation, mostly for commercial landlords but also includes all aspects of commercial and residential property litigation including dilapidation claims, 1954 Act renewals, enfranchisement, service charge disputes, possession proceedings, party wall disputes etc. Clients include William Pears Group, Safeland Plc,  Create Reit Ltd, Cromwood Housing and a number of private commercial landlords and high net worth individuals. Other areas of work include general commercial litigation, insolvency, construction, planning, and professional negligence matters.

Karen O’Brien

Partner specialising in residential conveyancing and wills and probate.

Lucy Townsend

Partner in the private client and residential property team. Lucy specialises in residential conveyancing and private client work. She has 15 years’ experience in the sale, purchase and remortgage of residential property including transfers of equity, declarations of trust, equity release and the drafting of new and extended leases. She also advises on all aspects of non-contentious private client work including the drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney as well as inheritance tax planning and the Administration of Estates, Trusts and Deputyship applications to the Court of Protection.

Mark Summerfield

Head of litigation and dispute resolution team. General commercial litigator but wide experience of property, insolvency, banking, finance and shareholder disputes as well as arbitration. Active in the promotion of mediation (CEDR Panel mediator). Clients include public and private companies, banks, professional services firms and individuals.

Raymond Taylor

Senior partner and head of corporate.

Rupert Goldmeier

Partner - Property department. Rupert acts on a wide variety of commercial property transactions including purchases, sales, leases, licences, and refinancing, as well as acting on residential property sales, purchases, and leases. Rupert’s clients value his supportive approach at all stages of a transaction and his ability to explain and deal with complex issues in a clear and efficient way. His breadth of experience means his workload at any one time is from a broad range of property sector clients, including investors, private individuals, and lenders.  

Scott Atkinson

Partner. Dealing with commercial and residential property, acquisitions, sales, development, commercial leases for both landlord and tenant.

Tessa Fry

Partner - Employment and business immigration

xanthoula christodoulou

Partner at Solomon Taylor & Shaw Real Estate Team