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Claire Fountain

Partner in Residential Property · TWM Solicitors LLP

EnglandResidential Property, Real Estate

About

Partner in Residential Property at TWM Solicitors LLP in England with around 35 years' experience in trusts of land and real estate law and practice. Claire qualified as a solicitor from the College of Law, Guildford in 1999 and began her legal career in the 1980s as a Legal Executive and Fellow of the Institute.

Practice areas

Residential PropertyReal EstateBanking & FinanceTrusts & EstatesReal Estate Development

Office

Expertise

Acquisition and sale of freehold and leasehold propertiesNew-build and conversion projects (including Central London and countrywide)Advising banks and institutional lenders on secured lendingAdvising international clients on portfolio acquisitionsTrusts of land and related agreementsDeveloper plot sales, lease drafting and plot transactionsLease extensions and licences to alter leasehold premisesOption agreements, overage, covenants and easementsAdvising trustees on Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) mattersActing on short-lease acquisitions

Education

  • College of Law, Guildford — Qualified as a solicitor (1999)

Admissions

  • Solicitor (qualified 1999)
  • Legal Executive (prior qualification/role)
  • Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives