9 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3QN, ENGLAND
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- Work 020 7412 0050
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- Fax 020 7412 0049
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- 61 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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- www.hunters-solicitors.co.uk
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London
Private client
Within Agriculture and estates, Hunters is a second tier firm,
Patricia Sykes heads the landed estates group at Hunters, which is part of the firm’s excellent, traditionally focused private client offering. Recent work includes the £4m sale of a mansion house with farm attached in Devon, which involved winding up a farming company, the transfer of staff and tenanted cottages, and single farm payment and stewardship scheme entitlements. Jonathan Godwin-Austen and Joe Richardson are considered ‘highly capable pairs of hands’.
Within Charities and not-for-profit , tier 6
Hunters has charities capability as part of its sterling private client offering. Senior partner Paul Almy has ‘a good understanding of the complexities of charity law’.
Within Family, tier 5
The diverse practice at Hunters includes urgent child abduction cases and high-value pre-nuptial agreements. Henry Hood co-heads the team with consultant Martyn Daldorph, and is valued for ‘guiding clients through the divorce procedure with charm and efficiency’. Hetty Gleave is also highly rated.
Within Heritage property, Hunters is a third tier firm,
John Owen heads the heritage property practice at Hunters, which fields a number of talented practitioners. Senior partner Joe Richardson is ‘a leader in this area’; Jonathan Godwin-Austen has ‘a creative mind which pinpoints the practicalities’; and the partners are supported by an ‘able team’. It recently advised on the complex consequences of a decision to terminate conditional exemption from CGT for a substantial house, gardens and parkland.
Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Hunters is a third tier firm,
Lincoln’s Inn firm Hunters delivers a ‘personalised, high-quality’ service to its client base of landed estates and investment and offshore funds. The ‘very capable’ Graham Ogilvie and ‘astute’ Edward Martineau co-head the practice, which includes heavyweights Lucinda Tite, Jonathan Godwin-Austen, Joe Richardson and John Owen. In 2011 it merged with boutique firm Vernor-Miles & Noble.
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