Lucy Townsend

Partner in the private client and residential property team. Lucy specialises in residential conveyancing and private client work. She has 15 years’ experience in the sale, purchase and remortgage of residential property including transfers of equity, declarations of trust, equity release and the drafting of new and extended leases. She also advises on all aspects of non-contentious private client work including the drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney as well as inheritance tax planning and the Administration of Estates, Trusts and Deputyship applications to the Court of Protection. · Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP

EnglandReal Estate, Residential ConveyancingGerman, French

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Lucy Townsend is a Partner in the private client and residential property team at Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP. She specialises in residential conveyancing and non-contentious private client work with 15 years' experience in sale, purchase and remortgage transactions (including transfers of equity, declarations of trust, equity release and drafting new and extended leases), and advises on Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, inheritance tax planning, administration of estates and trusts, and deputyship applications to the Court of Protection; she joined STS in 2014 and became a partner in 2020.

Practice areas

Real EstateResidential ConveyancingPrivate ClientWills & EstatesTrustsProbate

Office

England

Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP · Partner in the private client and residential property team. Lucy specialises in residential conveyancing and private client work. She has 15 years’ experience in the sale, purchase and remortgage of residential property including transfers of equity, declarations of trust, equity release and the drafting of new and extended leases. She also advises on all aspects of non-contentious private client work including the drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney as well as inheritance tax planning and the Administration of Estates, Trusts and Deputyship applications to the Court of Protection.

England

Expertise

Residential conveyancingTransfers of equityDeclarations of trustEquity releaseDrafting new and extended leasesWills and Lasting Powers of AttorneyInheritance tax planningAdministration of estates and trustsDeputyship applications to the Court of Protection

Education

BA Hons Classics, UCL (1988)
CPE and LPC, College of Law (1996–2000)

Languages

GermanFrench