Our Private Property & Landed Estates lawyers advise clients on high value residential property, landed estates and rural land.
Christian Massey
Partner
Our Private Property & Landed Estates team advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices and their trusted advisers on some of the market’s most significant, high-value and sensitive property transactions.
We are recognised for our work in the prime and super-prime London residential market, alongside a well-established landed estates and rural property practice. Our advice is strategic, commercially astute and discreet, delivered with the judgement, clarity and responsiveness expected by sophisticated clients and their advisers.

• Prime and super-prime London residential sales and purchases• Off-market and confidential transactions• Structuring involving trusts, companies and family offices• Financing, refinancing and secured lending• Complex leasehold, title and rights issues
• Landed estate transactions• Country house transactions• Agricultural and mixed-use land transactions• Historic and complex title matters• Rights, easements and long-term ownership structures
You work directly with a lead partner who remains closely involved from start to finish, ensuring clarity, continuity and accountability. They are supported by a responsive team, delivering a seamless, high-touch service at every stage.
We combine deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of the property market, helping you navigate complex or sensitive issues with confidence. Our advice is shaped by experience and firmly aligned with your wider objectives.
We work closely with private offices, agents, wealth advisers and lenders to deliver a coordinated approach. By aligning advice across all parties, we help ensure transactions progress efficiently and relationships are preserved.
We regularly act on discreet and off-market transactions, as well as matters where timing is critical and pressure is high. Our team moves quickly and carefully, maintaining momentum while protecting your position throughout.
Lorna du Sautoy
Partner
Advising on the acquisition of a super-prime London residence under a highly compressed timetable
Acting in the purchase of a rural estate including a large house, cottages, substantial ancient woodland, farmland and equestrian facilities. An exchange of contracts was achieved within eight days of the vendor's acceptance of our client's offer and a day before the Autumn Budget, providing for a significant potential tax saving
Acting on the refinancing of a substantial residential property portfolio for an ultra-high-net-worth client
Acting in the sale of an estate with a value of c.£40m including a manor house, numerous residential let properties (some with former agricultural worker tenants), agricultural land and farm buildings, and potential development land. Advice was also required on complicated rights of access issues and negotiations around numerous other transfers of land prior to the sale
Advising trustees on the sale of a country house and wider estate holdings
Acting on the sale of a substantial landed estate in multiple lots
Resolving complex title and rights issues affecting a high-value landed estate transaction
If you would like to discuss how we can support you, please get in touch with a member of our Private Property & Landed Estates team.
The team at Michelmores has excellent client care and is sensitive to individual circumstances.
Chambers High Net Worth 2026