Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting for a joint venture on the purchase of bare land for residential development.
Advising on a wide range of matters in respect of a mixed use redevelopment in central London.
Acting for a landed estate in London on the investment purchase of a commercial lease.
Advising on pre-lettings at a City of London skyscraper.
Managing the leasing workstream on a series of highly complex portfolio acquisitions.
Education & Qualification
University of Oxford
Qualified as a solicitor in 2023
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Real Estate Partner, Sophie Henwood explores how planning reform is creating a new route for discharging environmental obligations and whether this is likely to serve as a time‑saver or instead represent a further charge on development.
Read more 2 min read 11 Sep 2025 School’s out: Opportunities for investorsThe introduction of VAT on private school fees has triggered a wave of independent school closures, presenting both challenges and opportunities for the real estate market. In Estates Gazette, Real Estate Partner, Sophie Henwood highlights the key legal, planning and financial considerations investors must address when looking to repurpose these historic and architecturally significant properties.
Read more 3 min read 27 Aug 2025 Demystifying lease renewals for contracted-out tenancies: A guide for new property investorsLease renewals can be a complex process, especially when the lease is contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Real Estate Partner, Sophie Henwood, has produced a short guide for new property investors, outlining key considerations for negotiating a renewal, for both landlords and tenants.
Read more 4 min read 31 Jul 2025 Chancel repair liability ancient, unusual, obscure and onerous…Some landowners may still be liable for repairing the chancel of a parish church, a historic legal obligation dating back to the feudal system. In this article, Partner, Saskia Arthur and Senior Associate, Kate Symons look at the Law Commission’s consultation on reforms to the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA), which seeks to clarify how chancel repair liability should be recorded and enforced, not to abolish it, but to ensure the relevant provisions of the LRA operate as originally intended.
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