Helen Marsh > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Forsters LLP
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Work Department

Residential property.

Position

Partner

Career

Helen advises on all legal aspects of residential property. She has a wealth of experience in dealing with high value conveyancing, secured lending and landlord and tenant issues.

She also offers specialist expertise in residential and mixed-use developments, advising on the set-up, legal structuring and drafting, as well as providing advice on the strategic sales issues across the scheme.

Helen acts for a wide range of clients including developers, investors, banks, trust companies and private individuals.

Helen is ranked in The Legal 500 2023 and Chambers HNW Guide 2022 for her work on high value residential matters and is recognised as a Top Flight Property Lawyer in the Spear’s Property Advisers Index 2022. With over 15 years’ experience, she has been described by agents as helpful and “ludicrously knowledgeable”. Helen has been noticed for how she understands the needs of her clients and the professionalism in which she acts for them. She is recognised as ‘Top Flight’ in the Spear’s 500 2023 directory.

After training and qualifying at Allen & Overy in 2005, she worked at Boodle Hatfield, and then Farrer & Co. Helen joined Forsters in 2014 and became a Partner in 2015.

Memberships

The Law Society

Education

Wimbledon High School; Exeter University (1999 LLB); Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (LPC).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Residential property

Forsters LLP is a ‘powerhouse in the residential property world’, handling the full range of residential property matters. The team is ably led by Lucy Barber who handles the full spectrum of residential property issues, as well as playing a key role in the enfranchisement team, with its broad expertise spanning large-scale developments, complex financings, and high-value sales and purchases in central London and across the UK. The group routinely acts for a diverse client base of HNWIs and UHNWIs, as well as prime residential developers, banks, property funds and investors. Helen Marsh has a wealth of experience in substantial conveyancing transactions, in addition to secured lending, and landlord and tenant issues. Robert Barham specialises in the purchase and sale of high-value residential property, and mixed-use assets. Charles Miéville handles a wide range of residential matters, and maintains a strong reputation for his work on complex Grade 11 listed sales and purchases.