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Forsters LLP Offices

Forsters LLP
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Polly Montoneri

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44 207 863 8589 polly.reeve@forsters.co.uk

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Partner

Career

Polly is a Partner in the Landed Estates team. Polly has extensive experience and has handled a wide range of high profile estate transactions. This has included the sale and purchase of estates of historical importance and portfolios of investment agricultural property, with residential and commercial aspects.

She has particular expertise in acting for landowners in realising the development potential of their land. This ranges from small scale option agreements and conditional contracts for small scale developments to the promotion of larger scale residential developments. She also acts for clients in the negotiation of more complicated hybrid promotion and option agreements for large scale residential and mixed use developments. Polly is a key member of the Strategic Land and Development Team.

Polly also advises clients on a range of other matters, including re-financing of estate assets, negotiating easements across estate land, often with renewable infrastructure providers, and frequently deals with a range of landlord and tenant matters that arise on farms and estates.

She is personable and practical and takes a commercial approach to matters. She strives to keep well informed about policy matters that affect the rural economy to ensure that her clients’ assets and interests in property are maximised.

Polly sits on the National Legal Property and Parliamentary Rights Committee in Belgrave Square and she is currently the Vice Chairman of the South East Wales and Brecon Branch of the CLA. Her role on both committees allows her to keep up to date with emerging issues in the rural sector, as well as feeding valuable practical examples from the sector to the CLA. She is also a member of the ALA’s Natural Capital committee as a recognised expert in that area of law.

Polly was promoted to Partner in April 2023.

She is recognised as a ‘Top Recommended Lawyer’ in the Spear’s 500 2023 directory.

Polly trained at Bircham Dyson Bell and joined Forsters on qualification in 2009.

Memberships

The Law Society

CLA South Wales and Brecon Branch Committee

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Agriculture and estates

The large team at Forsters LLP has an excellent reputation in the market and is led by Henry Cecil, who has a vast array of experience in high-value acquisitions and disposals in the agricultural sector. Its sophisticated client base includes sizeable landed estates, families and trusts, private and commercial investors as well as very wealthy individuals, and institutional and landowner groups. Andrew Lane has a particular emphasis on capital taxation and succession issues for the owners of landed estates. Christopher Findley is increasingly advising on planning and development projects for farmers and landowners. Rupert Mead has a keen focus on the preservation of heritage property and its exemption from tax. Penny Elliott specialises in advising clients with multiple business interests. There have been a number of internal promotions in the practice recently – Polly Montoneri was promoted to the partnership and Robert Keylock is was promoted to counsel.

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