Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting on the sale of luxury apartments in one of London’s most prominent residential projects
Acting on key retail and commercial lettings in prominent central London locations
Providing development advice (particularly in relation to rights of light) for large scale development projects in Mayfair, Belgravia and Bloomsbury
Dealing with high value lease extension claims in central London
Education & Qualification
Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
Qualified as a solicitor in 2011
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