Taylor Walton LLP

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Alec John Colson

Head of Department and Partner in the Taylor Walton employment team dealing with all aspects of employment law.

Partner and Head of Private Client team, specialising in wills, trusts and inheritance tax planning, preparation and administering of lasting powers of attorney, administration of estates (both testate and intestate), and advising and assisting elderly clients generally.

Partner specialising in wills, trusts and IHT planning for high-net-worth clients.

Ben Twitchen is a partner and the Head of the Family Law department. He is based at Taylor Walton’s Harpenden office and specialises in advising and assisting on financial issues arising from the breakdown of relationships, as well as child law. Ben primarily deals with high net worth cases and understands the special considerations that come with such cases. His extensive network brings in cases from London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Manchester, Germany, Kuwait and America. Ben takes an empathetic approach, guiding towards an early amicable solution wherever possible. This skillset is particularly helpful in Collaborative Law cases, helping clients reach cost-effective out-of-court settlements in privacy.

Managing partner - Dermot is also heavily involved with major land acquisition, disposal and development work.

James Carpenter

Head of Taylor Walton’s Commercial Litigation & Property Litigation teams with expertise in professional negligence claims, contract disputes, breach of warranty claims and contentious probate claims.

James Khakpour-Smith

Partner specialising in acting for a broad spectrum of clients from large offshore property investors to owner managed businesses in looking after their property portfolios including financing, acquiring, managing and disposing of commercial freehold and leasehold properties which includes core advice on related legal matters such as Landlord and Tenant Act law. Also successfully represents developers in site finance and acquisition, assembly and sales off of commercial and residential units. Runs an established and growing enfranchisement and lease extension team.

Partner and Head of Commercial Property, specialising in acquisition, site assembly and disposal of residential and commercial developments sites, including financing, freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant work, and general financing work.

Head of Corporate, specialising in mergers and acquisitions; investment, shareholder and joint venture agreements; reorganisations; commercial contracts.

Katarina Morgan

Katarina is an Associate Solicitor in the Commercial Litigation Department at Taylor Walton.

Nicola Smyrl is a Partner in the Employment Department, based in Taylor Walton's Luton office.

Partner & Arbitrator