Penny Elliott > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Forsters LLP
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Consultant

Career

Penny is a Consultant in Forsters Private Client team. She specialises in advising clients with multiple business interests on legal and strategic issues. She works with a range of clients; from overseas investors, institutional property owners, landed estates and high net worth individuals.

She provides clients with a comprehensive service, often drawing together a range of legal disciplines to deliver a commercial solution. Penny is able to draw upon her experience as a private client lawyer to identify opportunities and solutions that will benefit her client’s private and commercial interests. She coordinates the requirements of her clients across the full range of legal specialisms and is noted by commentators for her understanding of how taxation and legal aspects relate to the business interests of her client. She has an exceptional understanding of the people behind the businesses.

Penny began her legal career advising farmers and landowners, she retains a great interest in the agricultural sector.

In addition, Penny has an established reputation as an advisor to the owner/operators of 5 star and boutique hotels. Her ability to advise across property and business matters is at the heart of the service she provides to her clients in this sector.

She is a Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust in Cambridge. She is a member of the Leisure Property Forum, the European Landowners Organisation and the CLA (London Branch Committee Member).

Penny is ranked in the ‘Hall of Fame’ in the latest edition of The Legal 500, having previously been recognised as a ‘Leading Individual’. She is also noted as a ‘Senior Statesperson’ in the current edition of Chambers UK Guide as well as a ‘Top Recommended Lawyer’ in the Spear’s 500 2023 directory.

Memberships

Country Landowners Association; Agricultural Law Association.

Education

Girton College, Cambridge (1977 BA Law, 1991 MA).

Leisure

Italian art and culture, opera, wine and shooting.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Agriculture and estates

(Hall of Fame)

Penny ElliottForsters LLP

The ‘outstanding, responsive and articulate’ team at Forsters LLP is lauded for its ‘top-end client care’ and ‘clear and proportionate advice’. Led by Henry Cecil, it is renowned for its ability to advise on the sale and purchase of farms and estates for domestic and international high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. It also excels in providing land management, tax, and estate structuring advice to these clients, and has considerable expertise in the renewable and environmental sustainability space. Penny Elliott regularly works with overseas investors, institutional property owners, landed estates and high-net-worth individuals. Andrew Lane has a particular focus on capital taxation and succession matters for the owners of landed estates. Christopher Findley has increasingly been advising on planning and development projects for farmers and landowners, while Rupert Mead has a keen interest in the preservation of heritage property and advising on its exemption from tax. Charles Hancock is another name to note.