Bishop & Sewell LLP

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Charlie Davidson

Residential Property

Chris Macartney

Partner and member of the Landlord & Tenant team

David Hodgson

Partner and Joint Head of the Family & Divorce team

David Little

Partner

Dipak Vaghela

Partner, dealing with all aspects of residential work ranging from sales and purchase of freehold and leasehold properties to lease extensions and buy to let matters. He also deals with all aspects commercial property matters, including the sale and purchase of property portfolios, investment, property finance and landlord and tenant work. He has many years’ experience in dealing with all aspects of residential conveyancing, and also work relating to commercial property, including the sale and purchase of property portfolios, investment and property finance and landlord and tenant work, including advising on leases, licenses and lease renewals. Before joining Bishop & Sewell LLP, Dipak was a senior associate at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP.

Gina Fairfax

Gina Fairfax is Head of Tax and joined Bishop & Sewell in 2004, from a major City firm. Her expertise covers knowledge of trusts, (administration and creation) and UK tax affecting the international individuals who own, run or are employed by the equally international corporate clients. Gina provides the full range of private client services to individuals, such as advice on estate planning, how to structure asset holding within the family, Wills and trusts and the effects of the UK tax system. In particular, she offers advice and planning for the application of UK taxes for clients (perhaps not originally UK nationals), who come to the UK to live and work, buy homes and set up family life.

Helen Langworthy

Partner and member of the Private Client team

Ian Pope

Consultant Solicitor

Jeremy Sivyer

Consultant Solicitor

Julienne Coffey

Partner and a member of the Residential property team

Karen Bright

Partner and head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team

Laura Cotzias

Family & Divorce

Lee Stafford

Partner, advising individuals and businesses, on a variety of disputes. Particular specialism in acting on professional negligence and fraud claims for banks, building societies and specialist lenders. Experience in managing a busy mortgage repossession department. Other types of matters dealt with include partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, disputes about land, including claims for adverse possession, various types of contractual disputes, consumer rights claims and debt recovery claims. Handling claims at all stages in the litigation process including pre-action and after the issue of proceedings, including lots of experience of dealing with Court hearings and appeals and also multi-party mediations and settlement meetings.

Mariam Khaliq

Partner and Head of the Immigration team

Mark Chick

Mark heads up the Landlord and Property team

Michael Kashis

Managing Partner - Strategy Implementation & Head of Corporate & Commercial

Nicholas Barlow

Nicholas is a Partner and Head of the Private Client team

Nick Potter

Nick heads up the business and commercial property team. Nick has gained expertise in a wide variety of property matters including all aspects of acquisition and disposal, both leasehold and freehold titles, the financing and preparation of properties for onward development and sale, auction sales, commercial lease renewals and disposal of your business and its premises.

Ossie Swaine

Ossie is a partner and team leader in the residential property team, specialising in the sale and purchase of high-value central London properties, and has a formidable reputation in this sector. Having trained at Howard Kennedy, Ossie joined Bishop & Sewell LLP, since which time he has specialised in all aspects of residential conveyancing, now particularly acting in the sale and purchase of high-value central London properties. He deals with both freehold and leasehold properties and acts for banks and other lenders in respect of purchases. Ossie prides himself on being able to build up a rapport with his clients quickly by being able to explain and advise accurately and clearly in relation to even the most complicated aspects of the law in this area, and by always acting with their best interests at the forefront of his mind.