Lucy Barber > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Forsters LLP Offices
31 HILL STREET
LONDON
W1J 5LS
England
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Lucy Barber
Work Department
Residential property.
Position
Partner and Head of Residential Property
Career
Lucy specialises in all aspects of residential property acting for a variety of private individuals, developers and investors and lenders in the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property.
She is also a member of the Enfranchisement Team acting for both landlords and tenants in connection with their enfranchisement claims. Her work includes acting for the Phillimore Estate and the Crown Estate dealing their enfranchisement claims and management issues arising from their property portfolios.
Lucy provides commercial and practical advice to ensure the best outcome is reached for her clients.
Lucy trained at Forsters where she qualified in 2004 and became a Partner in 2012.
Memberships
The Law Society
Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners
Education
Greenacre School; Swansea University (2001 LLB).
Leisure
Netball, reading, walking.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Residential property
Under the excellent leadership of Lucy Barber the team at Forsters LLP continues to be active in transactions involving super prime and prime properties in London as well as on the sale and purchase of country houses. It has a diverse client base of wealthy clients who are based in the UK and abroad as well as prime residential developers, banks, property funds and investors. Charles Miéville is considered a ‘go-to’ adviser for particularly complex conveyancing and property financing matters for a client base that consists of a number of high-profile UHNW individuals and landed families. Robert Barham has been busy advising on various high-value transactions on behalf of international clients. Helen Marsh handles a broad spread of issues from high-value sales and purchases to advising on financing issues and landlord and tenant matters. Anna-Marie Short is now at Galloway Hughes Solicitors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m