Sarah Gaines > Brachers > Maidstone, England > Lawyer Profile
Brachers Offices
SOMERFIELD HOUSE
59 LONDON ROAD
MAIDSTONE, KENT
ME16 8JH
England
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Sarah Gaines
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Partner and Head of Commercial Property
Career
Sarah is a Partner and head of our Commercial Property team.
She has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients from a range of sectors and joined Brachers in 1999.
Sarah is a Board Director at Kent County Agricultural Society.
Sarah specialises in:
- Acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold commercial properties
- Conditional contracts
- Overage/clawback arrangements
- Promotion/option agreements
- Easements
- Royalty-linked rental arrangements
- Public sector and charities work
- Agricultural tenancies
Sarah is known for her practical approach. She builds strong, long-lasting relationships with clients, many of whom she has worked with for more than 20 years.
She also places great value on working as a team with other professionals to ensure clients have a strong, cross-disciplinary, professional team to provide a comprehensive strategy for completion of transactions.
Memberships
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading individuals)The ‘strong commercial property team’ at Brachers in Maidstone is ‘knowledgeable and thorough in all its dealings’. Specialising in the education, primary care and agriculture sectors, the team is led by Sarah Gaines, who focuses on the agriculture and charity sectors and has ‘excellent in-depth knowledge’ of land transactions and agreements. The ‘patient’ and ‘calm’ Ash Jilani is an expert in primary care property matters, acting on the development of GP premises and the property aspects of M&A deals. Bill Butler heads up the firm’s education sector group and specialises in disposals, redevelopments and secured lending work. Katherine Morgan left for Thomson Snell & Passmore in September 2023.
South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Often entrusted by landowners and farmers for land development matters, Brachers routinely assists educational and research institutions operating in the agricultural and rural sector. With over two decades of experience, Sarah Gaines leads the team while Christopher Eriksson-Lee is knowledgable of family trusts and is sought-after for his expertise in reducing exposure to inheritance tax. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Maidstone.
South East > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
Led by Sarah Gaines and Christopher Eriksson-Lee, Brachers caters to compliance, contentious, governance, commerical as well as property and planning issues. Mary Rimmer works in conjunction with the firm’s corporate and commercial lawyers in order to help charities achieve CIO status. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Maidstone.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Real estate
- Leading individuals South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Agriculture and estates South East > Private client
- Charities and not-for-profit South East > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Public sector > Public sector
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery