RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP

02089544705

RIAA Barker Gillette UK is a multi-service West End Law Firm offering specialist tailored advice to businesses and individuals across London and beyond. We pride ourselves on our approachability and the accessibility of our partners to their clients. Our practice encompasses company and commercial, dispute resolution, employment, family, private client and real estate services. Find out how we can help you today. Read more...

Also known as - RIAA Barker Gillette incorporating Tibber Marks

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Suite 249
Kinetic Business Centre
Theobald Street
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 4PJ
02089544705
www.riaabarkergillette.com/uk

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Available lawyers at RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP

Martin Alfreds

5.0 out of 5

(25)

Solicitor

Charlotte Barbaroussis

James McMullan

Ben Marks

Debbie Grant

Gina Brodkin

Evangelos Kyveris

Traudi Chu

Alex Deal

Daniela Mensano

Finn Skinner

Herman Cheung

Laura Thurlow

Senior Conveyancing Assistant

Carly Aitchison

Holly Anderson

How RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%

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We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 22%

Overpriced 0%

About Right 77%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 98%

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Yes 98%

No 2%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

284
Very Good

14
Average

3
Poor

3
Awful

2

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Value For Money
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Legal knowledge

Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Matt

April 03, 2024

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Debbie grant

Have been working with Debbie on the sale of my house and then the purchase of another.
She has been responsive, detailed, efficient and quick. Really impressed with the speed and quality of her work. Highly recommend

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Debbie Grant

Debbie Grant

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 09 April, 2024:

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review of Debbie Grant. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given her and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

April 02, 2024

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Ben Marks - Review

Exceptional service . Very professional.

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Ben Marks

Ben Marks

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 09 April, 2024:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Excellent service throughout

March 28, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

Very good service from the beginning until the end. We previously dealt with Neil when we purchased the property, and he has been as efficient as the first time when we decided to sell 3 years later.

Solicitor named in this review:
Neil Boonin

Neil Boonin

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 28 March, 2024:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

February 15, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

Neil Boonin was professional, very efficient & exceedingly helpful

Solicitor named in this review:
Neil Boonin

Neil Boonin

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 15 February, 2024:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Ahmad Zarrien

February 09, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

very happy with martin's help on our case with purchasing our property.
He handled all the problems and presented us with several solutions swiftly.

Solicitor named in this review:
Martin Alfreds

Martin Alfreds

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 09 February, 2024:

Martin is one of our top problem solvers, so receiving a review like this is great.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Barbara Hotz

February 08, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

This is the second time that Neil Boonin has facilitated a transaction for the sale and purchase of a residential property. The process was seamless, without any stress, professionally handled without any concerns or delays.

Solicitor named in this review:
Neil Boonin

Neil Boonin

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 08 February, 2024:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Ben

February 01, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

Everything was amazing. We were looked after the whole way through and given excellent advise as well.

Solicitor named in this review:
Martin Alfreds

Martin Alfreds

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 08 February, 2024:

Wonderful to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave Martin a review.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

January 13, 2024

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Residential Sales and Purchases

Martin was very professional and patient. He would explain everything simply and was happy to go over everything that I did not understand. I was very well looked after and I will definitely recommend him to anyone that needs his professional services.

Solicitor named in this review:
Martin Alfreds

Martin Alfreds

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 15 January, 2024:

We're so glad to hear of your experience with Martin and that his service continues to shine. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review for him.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Paul King

November 16, 2023

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Exceptional.

Our experience with RIAA Barker Gillette has quite frankly nothing short of exceptional. Martin Alfreds led as Solicitor for the purchase of our property. Efficient, proactive, responsive, diligent, everything you could hope and want from a Solicitor - but with the bonus of being a thoroughly pleasant personality to deal with. Martin was recommended to us by the Estate Agent, and we could not be more grateful. Faultless from start to finish.

Solicitor named in this review:
Martin Alfreds

Martin Alfreds

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 16 November, 2023:

What a truly glorious review to read. Thank you so much for taking the time to post it. We have, of course, passed your comments on to Martin and the team and very much look forward to working with you again in the future.

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Wills

Blitz

November 09, 2023

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Wills, Tax and Trusts

We dealt with Charlotte who came from the London office to meet us at your Borehamwood office.
I have to sat that firstly, she was charming and professional, She fully explained the situation regarding wills, power of attorney and other situations that we should consider. Her attention to detail was flwaless and her communications was excellent. On our second meeting she again explained everything and helped us together with making sure that we are aware of what to do. I would fully recommend her to any of our friends

Solicitor named in this review:
Charlotte Barbaroussis

Charlotte Barbaroussis

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 10 November, 2023:

We're so glad to hear about your experience with Charlotte. She is a delight to work with, and so we're glad to hear our clients think the same.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Jared

March 18, 2024

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Jared

Neil was a fantastic solicitor that was able to accommodate to our needs as first time buyers! Acted swiftly with our sellers and made it an extremely stress-free experience - would recommend to any first time buyer

Solicitor named in this review:
Neil Boonin

Neil Boonin

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 19 March, 2024:

It's wonderful to hear how Neil has helped you. We wish you all the very best in your new property.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Amit

December 19, 2023

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Amit

Worked with Martin & Laura who were both efficient in their dealings in bringing the transaction to a smooth finish. Would highly recommend RIAA.

Solicitors named in this review:
Martin Alfreds Laura Thurlow

Martin Alfreds

Laura Thurlow

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 19 December, 2023:

Dear Amit, That's wonderful to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave Laura and Martin a 5* review. We shall of course pass this on to them.

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Priyal

December 10, 2023

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Priyal

Had a great experience at first quick response and case escalated but then requests we're met but told cannot continue due to IT problems

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 11 December, 2023:

Thank you for your review, Priyal. Unfortunately, we and many other law firms have been affected by a major IT incident impacting our cloud server provider, CTS, which is preventing us from accessing our systems. Our IT Team and CTS are working around the clock to resolve this, and we hope to be back online soon. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Freehold Enfranchisement

Anastasia

November 06, 2023

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Anastasia

Highly recommended! I have recently instructed Gina Brodkin to deal with extension of lease for my property. Gina has been excellent: very responsive, friendly, professional and provided a good value. Also, answered any questions I had. Gina has spotted that Building Safety Act 2022 can potentially apply to my property. The transaction has been completed successfully. Thank you Gina!

Solicitor named in this review:
Gina Brodkin

Gina Brodkin

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 06 November, 2023:

It's wonderful to hear of your experience dealing with Gina. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave her a review.

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Gabrielle

March 21, 2023

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Gabrielle

Martin Alfreds and the team have been exceptional. Steering my husband and I through what was a truly draining process. Martin was always available to speak to us, giving reassurance where needed and honest advice throughout. Martin’s humour shone through and was always a light relief when stress levels were elevated. Highly recommend instructing Martin and the conveyancing team at RIAA Barker Gillette.

Solicitor named in this review:
Martin Alfreds

Martin Alfreds

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 23 March, 2023:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Tassos Moros

March 05, 2020

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Tassos Moros

I have used the firm for many years now and I can say they really good at Conveyancing & Corporate law.

A representative from RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP responded to this review on 02 June, 2020:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Company & Commercial

Matter Type:

Corporate Law

Kamaldeep Panesar

July 14, 2019

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Kamaldeep Panesar

RIAABG have simply been outstanding and have always gone above and beyond.

They carefully guided me as an entrepreneur with a crazy dream through to a multi-million pound fundraise to build a luxury fitness facility in the heart of Canary Wharf.

Not only did they provide budget-friendly but complex advice, they honoured fixed price commitments even when the original scope expanded considerably.

I couldn't be more pleased.

Here's to a long and prosperous partnership together.
-- Kam, CEO of Awakn
www.awakn.co.uk

Solicitor named in this review:
Veronica Hartley

Veronica Hartley

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Company & Commercial

Matter Type:

Corporate Law

Clare Seddon

May 20, 2019

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Clare Seddon

The expertise I have received from Barker Gillette has been incredible
They made themselves available at all hours of the day and night
The whole team explained all my options in a way that was easy to understand, I really can not speak highly enough of the company
I will always be grateful to them for their professionalism and support

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Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

Stefan Buxton

March 16, 2019

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Stefan Buxton

Great firm. Personal and pro-active service. Really understood our complex situation and provided clear options and, more importantly, relevant recommendations

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César Karacena Molco

May 21, 2018

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César Karacena Molco

Incompetent firm, still waiting for a single genuine advice. They are counting hours without delivering anything substantial. I strongly discourage it!

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Description

RIAA Barker Gillette is a multi-service law firm based in the heart of London's West End. We pride ourselves on our approachability and the accessibility of our partners to their clients. From corporate law issues to more sensitive family difficulties, our experienced and efficient team are on hand to advise and help you. Our practice encompasses company and commercial, dispute resolution, employment, family, private client and real estate services. We believe every client is unique and tailor our services to meet your needs. We aim to look after your best interests and work hard to understand your specific situation to ensure we reach your goal. Since our establishment in 1981, RIAA Barker Gillette has grown to become a leading West End law firm, while the RIAA Barker Gillette Global Alliance offers capabilities in seven countries and twelve cities from New York to Beijing. If you need more information on how we can help you with any legal issues, contact us today on +44 (0)20 7636 0555 or UK@riaabg.com – we will be happy to help and assist in any way we can.

Practice areas

Banking and finance Commercial property and developments Corporate and commercial Corporate and personal insolvency Data protection & GDPR Dispute resolution Elderly client and LPAs Employment Family law Intellectual property Leasehold enfranchisement Partnerships and LLPs Probate and contentious probate Professional negligence Property litigation Regulatory, serious fraud & crime Residential property Wills, tax and trusts

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

Consumer
- Dispute resolution - civil mediation
- Litigation - Breach of contract
- Litigation - Insurance disputes
- Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
- Litigation - Product liability claims
- Litigation - Property litigation claims
- Litigation - Trust and pension issues
- Litigation Law
Crime/ Criminal Defence
- Assault
- Business Crime
- Criminal Damage
- Criminal defence - All
- Domestic violence
- Drugs offences
- Fraud
- Harassment
- Murder and Manslaughter
- Professional Conduct
- Regulatory Defence
- Sexual allegations including Rape and Sexual Assaults
- Theft
Driving offences
- Appeal driving conviction
- Dangerous driving
- Disqualification removal
- Drink driving
Employment
- Agency Staff / Temp Workers
- Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
- Disciplinary Hearings
- Discrimination at Work
- Employee Team Moves
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Law
- Equal Pay Disputes
- Family Leave
- Flexible Working
- Gardening Leave
- Harassment/Bullying at Work
- Holiday Pay Issues
- Maternity and Paternity
- Media and Sports
- Part Time Workers
- Pay Issue
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Professional Discipline
- Redundancy
- Restrictive Covenants
- Senior Executives
- Settlement Agreements
- Stress at Work
- TUPE
- Tribunal Claims
- UK Employment Laws
- Unfair Dismissal Claims
- Whistleblower Protection
Family Law
- Asset protection and tax mitigation
- Child Access
- Child Arrangements Following Divorce
- Child Custody
- Child Law
- Child Maintenance
- Child Relocation After Divorce
- Child contact
- Children
- Children Act proceedings
- Civil Partnership Dissolution
- Civil partnerships
- Cohabitation agreements and disputes
- Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
- Divorce
- Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
- Divorce Mediation
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Elderly care
- Elderly care home fees
- Family Mediation
- Family law
- Financial Matters
- Grandparents' Rights
- High Net Worth Divorce
- Inheritance Act claims
- Injunctions
- Lasting power of attorney
- Marriage and civil partnerships
- Matrimonial finance
- Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
- Pension and property advice
- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
- Separation
- Separation Agreement
- Unmarried Couples' Rights
Housing & Property
- Anti-social Behaviour
- Boundary Disputes
- Buying at auction
- Declarations of trusts
- Deeds of Gifts
- Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
- Dilapidation Claims
- Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
- Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
- Extending your Lease
- Freehold Enfranchisement
- Housing Associations
- Housing Management
- Housing disputes
- Injunctions
- Investment and buy to let properties
- Landlord and Tenant
- Lease Extensions
- Leasehold properties
- Matrimonial transfers
- Neighbour Disputes
- New home purchases and sales
- Option agreements and conditional contracts
- Possession and repossession proceedings
- Property Disputes
- Purchase and Sale
- Remortgaging
- Renting and Tenancy Agreements
- Repossessions
- Residential Conveyancing
- Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
- Right of First Refusal
- Right of Way and Rights to Light
- Right to Manage
- Service Charge Disputes
- Service Charge Recovery
- Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
- Tenant Eviction
- Transfer of title
- Transfers of equity
- Transfers of parts of land
- Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
Money & Tax
- HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
- Inheritance Tax
- Insolvency and bankruptcy
- Property Holding Structures
- Trusts
Professional Negligence
- Barristers
- Financial advisors
- IT professionals
- Insurance brokers
- Professional trustees
- Valuers
Wills, Trusts & Probate
- Disputed Probate
- Disputed Trusts
- Disputed Wills
- Probate
- Trusts
- Wills

Business areas of law

Banking
- Banking
Commercial Property
- Commercial Leases
- Commercial mortgages
- Developer disputes
- Development plot sales
- Environmental policy law
- Finance
- Investment purchases and Buy to Let
- Landlord and tenant
- Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
- Purchase of development land
- Rights of way issues
- Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
Company & Commercial
- Agency agreements
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Asset Tracing
- Business structures and joint ventures
- Commercial Contracts and Agreements
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Litigation Matters
- Competition law
- Contract law
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Law
- Corporate finance
- Data Protection
- Debt Recovery
- Employment - business
- Franchising
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
- Intellectual Property
- Management buyouts
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Partnership and LLP law
- Sales and Purchases
- Setting up a business
- Share option schemes
- Shareholder Agreements
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Small businesses
- Statutory Demands
- Summary Judgment
Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
Energy & Transport
- Energy
IT & Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Regulations
- Health and Safety

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Available lawyers at RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP

How RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) LLP Compares

Value for money

Would recommend tofriends and family

Satisfied withoutcome of matter

Rankings by area of expertise

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Reviews summary

Excellent

Very Good

Average

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Overall experience

Debbie grant

Ben Marks - Review

Residential Sales and Purchases

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Residential Sales and Purchases

Residential Sales and Purchases

Residential Sales and Purchases

Residential Sales and Purchases

Exceptional.

Wills, Tax and Trusts

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Jared

Amit

Priyal

Anastasia

Gabrielle

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Tassos Moros

Kamaldeep Panesar

Clare Seddon

Stefan Buxton

César Karacena Molco

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Practice areas

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Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
outcome of matter