About

Provided by Mishcon de Reya LLP

Our Residential Property Group is one of the largest dedicated residential property practices in London and specialises in prime UK residential property transactions both in London and the surrounding areas.

Our clients include private individuals, banks, corporates and on and offshore investment funds. We work with them to find commercial solutions and make the most of our connections with other important players in residential property such as agents, estates and developers. Regularly our work involves tight deadlines and, accordingly, we are highly responsive, ensuring our clients’ objectives are achieved.

Understanding your brief is key: each situation is different and each of our clients has a different set of priorities. Our close working relationship with our colleagues in Planning, Construction, Dispute Resolution, Immigration and Tax means that we do not merely present a list of options, we decisively recommend the best course of action based on all the information available to us.

Our results speak for themselves: we are a growing practice with a lot of repeat business and clients who are happy to refer friends and colleagues for our services.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate: High Value Residential - London (Firms)
2
Band 2
What the Team is Known For

Mishcon de Reya's residential property team is experienced in acting for international clients on luxury property sales and purchases in London.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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James Liffen
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James Liffen
2
Band 2

James Liffen is adept at acting on high-value property transactions, focusing on national ultra high net worth clients in super prime London properties with some complex issues like tax planning, construction issues and leasehold reform.

"I rate him quite highly - he is very proactive and I trust him. His client base is great and buying agents often refer to him as well."

"I am pleased to see his name in the memo of sale. There is no grandstanding; he just gets on with it. He is good to work with and has been excellent."

"He is a big star. I always recall him as being very nice and an easy lawyer to deal with."

Sonal Thakrar
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Sonal Thakrar
Head of Real Estate: High Value Residential
2
Band 2

Sonal Thakrar acts for affluent international clients on large-scale residential property transactions.

"I would recommend her for number of different clients. She is tenacious and slightly terrifying in how good she is at what she does!"

"Sonal is not only very solid technically speaking, but she is also astute and sensible when it matters."

Ranked Individuals at
Mishcon de Reya LLP

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Real Estate: High Value Residential

James Liffen
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James Liffen
2
Band 2
Sonal Thakrar
2
Sonal Thakrar
Head of Real Estate: High Value Residential
2
Band 2

Members

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Alison Taylor

Carly Clayton

Helen Curtis-Goulding

Julie Bond

Monika Patel

Ruth North

Sarah Callaghan

Sonal Thakrar

Sonal Thakrar

Head of Department