Forsters LLP is a ‘powerhouse in the residential property world’, handling the full range of residential property matters. The team is ably led by Lucy Barber who handles the full spectrum of residential property issues, as well as playing a key role in the enfranchisement team, with its broad expertise spanning large-scale developments, complex financings, and high-value sales and purchases in central London and across the UK. The group routinely acts for a diverse client base of HNWIs and UHNWIs, as well as prime residential developers, banks, property funds and investors. Helen Marsh has a wealth of experience in substantial conveyancing transactions, in addition to secured lending, and landlord and tenant issues. Robert Barham specialises in the purchase and sale of high-value residential property, and mixed-use assets. Charles Miéville handles a wide range of residential matters, and maintains a strong reputation for his work on complex Grade 11 listed sales and purchases.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘High touch, high quality team. Very proactive and highly capable.’

  • ‘Lucy Barber is excellent - very responsive, quick to assess the issues and very focussed on finding the path forward.’

  • ‘Utter discretion and utterly reliable conveyancers.’

  • ‘Robert Barham is an old school trustworthy pair of hands.’

  • ‘The quality of the staff is the standout factor, all incredibly user friendly, knowledgeable and good to work alongside.’

  • ‘Charles Mieville kept the whole process incredibly simple. Charles is a brilliant communicator, a huge can do and will do attitude alongside a huge dose of common sense applied to his work and problem solving.'

  • ‘Forsters are very experienced at the high level transactions and staying calm when problems arise.’

  • ‘Lucy Barber is the best lawyer I have dealt with and has an incredible breadth in her abilities to cover a wide remit within HNW property.’

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lucy Barber

Other key lawyers

Helen Marsh, Robert Barham, Charles Miéville