About
Based in Hampstead, Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP continues to enjoy a strong reputation in all of its practice areas. The firm: The practice was founded by Sir Harry Solomon in the 1970s. The reputation of the practice extends well beyond its north London base and clients include listed and international companies, as well as smaller businesses and individuals. The firm offers a truly personal service to all of its clients. It prides itself on being highly commercial and forward-thinking. Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP is the London member of Balms Group International and receives work on a regular basis from around the world. Types of work undertaken: The commercial property team deals on a regular basis with high-value and complex transactions. The team’s work includes investment, development and dealing with commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. The team has particular expertise in dealing with portfolio sales and purchases and secured lending, and advises regularly on landlord and tenant legislation, joint ventures and housing association matters. The corporate team advises on all aspects of company and commercial law, from the acquisition or start-up of a company right through to disposal. Litigation services include handling the full range of commercial disputes in a wide variety of tribunals. The firm has particular expertise in property litigation, contractual disputes, privacy and media work, and insolvency-related disputes as well as a growing classic and supercar litigation practice. The firm offers mediation services and one of the partners is a CEDR panel mediator. Private clients have the benefit of a well-established wills and probate practice and a strong residential property team. The firm’s employment and immigration practice is able to advise on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment and immigration work. The firm has a commitment to pro bono work and undertakes a substantial amount of work for many charities on a pro bono basis. ### Memberships - ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) - BGI (Balms Group International - Independent Law Firms) ### Staffing Figures - 13 Number of UK partners - 12 Number of other UK fee-earners
Office locations
London
London
Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP 3 Coach House Yard Hampstead High Street London NW3 1QF
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Ari Bloom
Partner in property department specialising in commercial property and retail investments, including hotel and leisure projects and acting for both landlords and tenants in respect of the lettings of all types of commercial premises, extensive experience of acting for both UK and overseas borrowers in connection with the funding of investment properties. Acted for registered social housing provider in the acquisition of 135 properties for rough sleepers (in 2021) and a further 160 homes (in 2023) funded through Greater London Authority grant and private sector investment. · Real Estate
Barry Shaw
Partner specialising in commercial and residential property matters. · Real Estate
Colin Nahon
Partner - corporate transactions, commercial contracts and secured lending. · Corporate / M&A
Declan O’Brien
Heads up the commercial property team (with Barry Shaw). Specialises in all aspects of commercial property law as well as banking. · Real Estate
Gary Phillips
Partner specialising in commercial property, acting for many high-net-worth individuals who invest in all types of commercial property. · Real Estate
Jeremy Harris
Partner. Main area of work is property litigation, mostly for commercial landlords but also includes all aspects of commercial and residential property litigation including dilapidation claims, 1954 Act renewals, enfranchisement, service charge disputes, possession proceedings, party wall disputes etc. Clients include William Pears Group, Safeland Plc, Create Reit Ltd, Cromwood Housing and a number of private commercial landlords and high net worth individuals. Other areas of work include general commercial litigation, insolvency, construction, planning, and professional negligence matters. · Real Estate
Karen O’Brien
Partner specialising in residential conveyancing and wills and probate. · Real Estate
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. · Real Estate
Mark Summerfield
Head of litigation and dispute resolution team. General commercial litigator but wide experience of property, insolvency, banking, finance and shareholder disputes as well as arbitration. Active in the promotion of mediation (CEDR Panel mediator). Clients include public and private companies, banks, professional services firms and individuals. · Litigation
Perminder Chima
Head of Immigration · Immigration
Raymond Taylor
Senior partner and head of corporate. · Corporate / M&A
Rupert Goldmeier
Partner - Property department. Rupert acts on a wide variety of commercial property transactions including purchases, sales, leases, licences, and refinancing, as well as acting on residential property sales, purchases, and leases. Rupert’s clients value his supportive approach at all stages of a transaction and his ability to explain and deal with complex issues in a clear and efficient way. His breadth of experience means his workload at any one time is from a broad range of property sector clients, including investors, private individuals, and lenders. · Real Estate
Scott Atkinson
Partner. Dealing with commercial and residential property, acquisitions, sales, development, commercial leases for both landlord and tenant. · Real Estate
Tessa Fry
Partner - Employment and business immigration · Employment
xanthoula christodoulou
Partner at Solomon Taylor & Shaw Real Estate Team · Real Estate