Solicitor – Admitted 2024
She is very knowledgeable and always takes time to explain any complicated legal requirements. Sophie is always very professional, efficient and gets the results we need. She is always looking out for our best interests.
She has given us excellent and thorough advice which is well thought through to ensure we are not exposed to any unnecessary risks.
Overview
I’m an Associate in the Transactional Real Estate Team.
I work with landowners and developers on property transactions and development projects. My goal is to provide clear, practical advice that protects my clients current and future interests.
I regularly deal with acquisition and disposal of land and development sites, overage arrangements, option agreements and conditional contracts, as well as partitioning of land. I also provide guidance on rights, covenants and easements.
My background in agricultural property law helps me to understand the unique challenges associated with rural land and enables me to structure transactions that protect ongoing agricultural use while unlocking future development opportunities.
Recent experience
Advising on the sale of development land to a national housebuilder, including negotiating complex overage arrangements, works licences and tenancies, and safeguarding future development potential of retained land
Re-negotiating existing overage provisions to make land promotion commercially viable for both the promoter and the landowner
Assisting with a sale of a development site pursuant to a promotion agreement, navigating multiple planning obligations and retentions relating to these, and ensuring preservation of development potential for retained phases under promotion
Partitioning a development site, ensuring each plot benefited from the necessary rights and covenants
Securing absolute title in a large scale first registration application based on lost deeds
