Sarah Ferguson > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile
Cripps Offices
NUMBER 22
MOUNT EPHRAIM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN4 8AS
England
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Sarah Ferguson
Work Department
Real estate.
Position
Partner specialising in investment acquisitions and disposals, commercial leasing and residential and commercial development including site acquisitions and disposal, collaboration and consortium arrangements, overage arrangements, development, forward funding and promotion agreements. Sarah also has particular experience acting for registered providers in land acquisition, development agreements, securitisation, regeneration schemes and stock acquisitions and disposals.
Career
Trained Rix and Kay; qualified 1988; assistant Leigh Williams, Bromley; Titmuss Sainer and Webb (now Dechert) 1989; Rix and Kay 1998; Cripps LLP 2001; partner 2004.
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Housing
Education
Anglia Ruskin University (1985 LLB Hons)
College of Law (1986 Law Society Finals)
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
With strong expertise in commercial and residential properties, the ‘very well run team’ at Cripps
in Tunbridge Wells includes ‘hardworking, intelligent problem solvers’ and regularly advises property investment companies, housing associations, corporates, retail parks and warehouse owners. Practice head Stephen Hedley provides ‘excellent advice’ and has recently handled the acquisition of logistics sites and disposals of retail assets. Sarah Ferguson is particularly experienced in the affordable housing sector, while Ed Fowler has a specialism in acting for luxury UK and international retailers and restaurateurs. Another key lawyer is Ben Johnston, who specialises in landlord and tenant matters, retail property and asset management work, and shopping centre investments. In early 2024, the firm merged with Horsham-based firm PDT Solicitors, which added the expertise of James Clewlow, Jane Bowden and Craig Burton.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector