I joined Lawrence Stephens as a trainee solicitor in the Residential Real Estate department in September 2022. I then worked in the Corporate and Commercial team and am currently working in the Real Estate Finance team. I also undertook an undergraduate degree in Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, and then an LLM with SQE at the University of Law.
In my spare time I enjoy Kendo, hiking, and exploring restaurants around London.
I qualified as a Solicitor in 2019 having previously worked in the property department of a City law firm for a number of years. I joined Lawrence Stephens’ Real Estate Finance department at the start of 2023.
I have experience in dealing with a variety of matters related to real estate, for both freehold and leasehold properties as well as new developments advising individual and corporate clients. I have focused on working with regulated and unregulated banks for property refinances, bridging loans and secured lending. My experience includes acting on behalf of lenders as well as borrowers and strives to understand the needs of my clients.
In my spare time, I enjoy travelling and exploring new cultures and foods and, in particular, a nature walk around the Cotswold’s. I also love a friendly game of squash or tennis with my friends.
I am an experienced Associate in the Real Estate Finance team.
I regularly act for high-net-worth investors, borrowers and lenders, challenger banks, bridging finance companies. I focus on refinance work and acquisitions often involving portfolio work. I also work on purchases and sales and have a number of long-standing relationships with individuals and companies.
When I am not focusing on providing a professional and personal service to my clients, I am an advocate for corporate mental health and wellbeing and personal health coaching. My keen interest and accreditation in the nutrition and functional medicine world brings the perfect balance of a city life and self-care.
I was shortlisted for ‘Most Inspiring Employee of the Year’ at the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2023.
Outside of work, I regularly attend yoga and fitness classes and love to travel.
I joined Lawrence Stephens as a Partner in September 2019 and contribute over 35 years of legal experience to our Real Estate/Secured Lending team.
Over the years, I have established a proactive, can-do attitude to meeting clients’ objectives and offer a level of service which, given my number of repeat clients, has clearly proven attractive.
I act for a range of leading UK specialist bridging finance lenders, providing extensive advice on property finance, landlord and tenant and commercial conveyancing matters. As well as advising on the acquisition, disposal and letting of commercial property, I have a large number of private property investors to whom I provide all types of commercial property management advice.
My clients are predominantly made up of established lenders in the bridging finance or property lending market and long standing private property investors. These range from clients with large Central London holdings to those with portfolios of shops, offices and industrial units. The variety offers a significant volume of work, but also provides the opportunity to establish close personal relationships with individual underwriters.
Lawrence Stephens’ cohort of long-suffering Spurs supporters welcomes me with wide open arms, though I also enjoys tennis, cricket and bridge, and am an avid cinema and theatre-goer. When I’m not working, I involve myself in charity work to provide holiday opportunities to under-privileged children.
With over 13 years’ experience in commercial real estate, I am a core member of my department representing property developers, investor clients, lenders and commercial landlords and tenants.
I have a particular focus on refinance work and act regularly for borrowers on single to large portfolio refinances. I understand the pressures which some borrowers are faced with when refinancing, making timing critical to ensure that the new facility is completed coterminous with the redemption of the outgoing loan.
I also act for a variety of lenders including commercial lenders, bridging lenders and digital mortgage lenders.
Irrespective of the value of the transaction, I am always driven to secure the best results for my clients. This is achieved by taking the time to understand my clients’ business and effectively ‘stepping into their shoes’.
I value the importance of working relationships with clients, brokers and agents, regarding these relationships as integral to the progression, efficiency and outcome of my transactions.
When not at work, I spend quality time with my two daughters. As well as cooking and listening to music, ‘pounding the pavements’ and exploring the sights on a city break are my favourite ways to relax. I have also rediscovered my netball skills by joining the firm’s netball team.
I joined Lawrence Stephens in 2016 as an Associate and became a Director in Lawrence Stephens’ Real Estate Finance department in 2020. I qualified as a solicitor in 2011, having previously worked in the commercial world of sales and marketing.
As an integral part of the team, I act and advise both lenders and borrowers in relation to secured lending matters that, in many cases, involve multiple properties.
I regularly act for lenders in a variety of sectors including retail, hospitality, commercial and healthcare. With a broad knowledge of those areas, my advice is valuable in providing both the lender and borrower with a quality professional service.
I joined Lawrence Stephens as a Solicitor in the Real Estate Finance department in August 2022, having qualified in 2021 at a boutique firm specialising in property.
I have experience acting on secured lending transactions for both lenders and borrowers. I have also worked on acquisitions, disposals and refinances of both freehold and leasehold properties, mostly mixed-use and residential for both residential and commercial clients.
I am from an international background, having come from Korea and lived in Poland for a few years. I am a travel enthusiast and also enjoy outdoor hiking and trekking adventures.
I am experienced in acting on a full range of real estate finance transactions. I also have a wealth of experience in managing high-value refinances of property and property portfolios.
My clients include a broad range of borrowers and lenders – from individuals to high-street banks and bespoke private funding platforms – all of whom trust me for my ability to work efficiently within tight timescales and to drive deals over the line at pace.
Always relishing a challenge, I like to get to grips with the details of each matter and the needs of each party to ensure a successful outcome is achieved for everyone involved.
I am proud to be the firm’s lead on our Women in Real Estate Finance (WREF) initiative, which seeks to bring together bright female leaders in real estate finance, celebrate their successes and provide them with the tools needed to flourish in the industry.
Outside of work, I spend my time looking after my twin girls, and also enjoy boxing and lifting weights.
I joined Lawrence Stephens as a trainee solicitor in September 2022 and qualified in the Real Estate Finance team in September 2024.
I studied at the University of Exeter, graduating in 2020 and subsequently completed the LPC LLM the following year. I previously worked as a paralegal in real estate finance and wider commercial property matters such as advising lenders on the security of their lending, acquisitions and disposals and landlord and tenant work.
I am a keen netball player and am also passionate about music and enjoy going to concerts and watching musicals at the theatre.
I am a Director in the Real Estate Finance Department having joined Lawrence Stephens in 2013.
I advise and act for a wide of range of clients in the sector, including bridging lenders, banks and private lenders based both in England and Wales and overseas.
I have specialist experience in acting for and assisting with the growth of new lenders and challenger banks. Notably, I assisted a private lender from inception to the growth of a significant loan book which exceeded £100m, to then achieving its banking licence. I was also part of the team at Lawrence Stephens that assisted a banking client grow a loan book of £60m to £2.5bn in under 3 years.
I have a wealth of experience advising businesses, entrepreneurs and developers in connection with real estate acquisition and disposal work. This includes large-scale portfolios, development sites, commercial acquisitions and general property investments.
Outside of the office, I enjoy spending time in the gym, am an avid football fan and a keen traveller, having explored different corners of the world.
I am a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Finance Department having joined Lawrence Stephens in 2011.
I have a wealth of experience acting for leading UK buy-to-let lenders, bridging lenders, challenger banks and building societies, dealing with both regulated and unregulated loans on commercial and residential property portfolios.
I am by nature a people person. I build strong relationships with my clients by investing time in getting to know them and their business needs, thereby ensuring that my advice is always commercial, practical, and forward-thinking.
I work closely with brokers and other professionals on every deal as I believe that collaboration and clear communication are the key to efficiency, consistency and maintaining an excellent reputation in the long term.
Whilst I enjoy the thrill of completing complex deals to tight timescales, I am also invested in supporting my clients on a broader level be it through improving legal understanding with regular seminars or being agile in my approach and style to support rapid growth.
Outside of work, I am kept busy by my three amazing daughters and their social calendars. I love cooking, baking and fitness.
I act for lenders and investors on all facets of Real Estate Financing across residential and commercial sectors.
My primary focus is on secured lending transactions including investment and development finance matters. I have considerable experience acting for a number of well known and smaller bridging lenders – working under pressure and to strict deadlines has become second nature.
I advise clients on landlord and tenant matters that include a wide range of transactions. The versatility of my expertise allows me to provide service that is tailored to my clients’ needs including acquisitions, disposals, lettings, transfers of portfolios to corporate structures and finance transactions. I therefore act for a number of long-standing investors with large commercial, residential and mixed use portfolios.
With experience in a wide range of sectors, I adopt a proactive and commercial approach to all transactions.
