Ruth

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Description

Senior real estate property lawyer

Previously worked at:

Sharman Law LLP

Heald Solicitors LLP

Woodfines Solicitors

Borneos/Harvey Ingram Borneos Solicitors

Ringrose Law

Geldards LLP

College of Law Advice Centre

Godfrey Morgan Solicitors

Sackville Chambers

Languages:

English (Native)

Location:

Bedford

Curriculum Vitae

Legal work experience

Solicitor

Sharman Law LLP | Jul 18 - Jul 20

Solicitor working within a small team.
Acting on behalf of International and National companies, SMEs, land owners, professional partnerships, individuals, pension funds and banks.
Commercial landlord and tenant work acting on behalf of landlords and tenants.
Sales and purchases of commercial property with bank lending or into a pension fund, some with leasebacks.
Refinances due to company restructures, some involving pension funds.
Acting on behalf of tenants on the Right of First Refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.
Acting for tenants to extend their leases of residential flats both using the statutory procedure under Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and informally.

Associate Solicitor

Heald Solicitors LLP | Oct 15 - Jul 18

Associate Solicitor working within a small team.
Acting on behalf of International and National companies, SMEs, developers, pension funds and banks.
General commercial landlord and tenant work acting mostly on behalf of tenants.
Sales and purchases of commercial property with bank lending or into a pension fund.
Acting on behalf of a high street bank and a niche bank where separate representation is required.
Advising both landlords and tenants on Right of First Refusal Notices and the procedure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.
Acting for tenants to extend their leases of residential flats both using the statutory procedure under Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and informally.
Acting on behalf of developers to purchase land with Option Agreements and Conditional Contracts subject to private lending.
Acting for land owners and developers in negotiations on JCT Contracts and Collateral Warranties.
Acting on behalf of developers to agree Planning and Infrastructure Agreements with Local Councils, Highways Authorities and Water Companies.

Solicitor

Woodfines Solicitors | Mar 12 - Oct 15

Solicitor working within the Commercial Property department.
Acting on behalf of SMEs, individuals with commercial property portfolios, management companies, charities and parish councils.
Commercial landlord and tenant work acting on behalf of both landlords and tenants.
Acting for lenders in relation to private legal charges over leasehold properties, including dealing with facility letters, legal charges documents and personal guarantees.
Advising on conditional contracts, option agreements and transactions involving overage.
Acting for farmers and owners of agricultural land in relation to sales, purchases, refinancing and advising on rights of succession under various agricultural tenancies.
In addition to the types of work which I had previously carried out at Harvey Ingram Borneos.

Solicitor

Borneos/Harvey Ingram Borneos Solicitors | May 08 - Mar 12

Initially, trainee solicitor working within the Company Law department and qualifying into the Commercial Property department.
Acting on behalf of SMEs, farming partnerships, trustees, landed estates and individuals and assisting colleagues with transactions involving major companies.
Leases of commercial properties acting on behalf of both landlords and tenants including negotiating and agreeing new leases, assigning, varying and surrendering leases, dealing with licences to alter and assisting surveyors with schedules of dilapidations and rent reviews
Sales and purchases of commercial properties.
Acting on behalf of tenants in leasehold enfranchisements, residential lease extensions and rights to manage using the statutory procedures and privately negotiated arrangements and advising clients on which procedure can and should be used.
Acting for residential flat management companies dealing with enquiries and changes of members/shareholders and directors.
Purchases and sales of public houses and restaurants including dealing with the assignment or granting of the lease and transfer of the premises licence.
Drafting, advising on and registering legal charges of properties, acting on behalf of lenders and borrowers. Dealing with large lending institutions and private lenders and ensuring compliance with company and charity legislation.
Assisting colleagues with agricultural transactions.
Assisting senior colleagues with renewable energy transactions involving wind farms, anaerobic digestate plants and solar farms.
Assisting colleagues with development work on freehold and leasehold land including option agreements and conditional contracts.
Assisting the company department with due diligence of the property aspects of large business purchases and reorganisations.
First registrations of large areas of agricultural land.
Sales and purchases of small unincorporated businesses including complying with TUPE regulations.
Advising clients of SDLT requirements of transactions.
Successful adverse possession of leasehold land and rectifying titles which had been incorrectly registered.
Draft a statement of case for a successful Land Tribunal trial.

Trainee Solicitor

Ringrose Law | Sep 06 - May 08

Trainee solicitor working within the Commercial Property department for 18 months.
Training contract included 3 months in Personal Injury and 3 months in Private Client.
Drafting and advising on commercial leases and residential tenancies, including sub-letting and leases to concessions within a local garden centre.
Some clients were SMEs or family businesses in financial difficulties who needed a quick resolution, often to sell or lease a property usually requiring negotiation with lenders to obtain consent.
Acting on behalf of local developers on the sales of their newly built properties, including bulk sales to investors and individual sales; mostly off-plan. Obtaining estate plan approval from the Land Registry.
Sales and purchases of plots of land for development. Frequently land is agricultural and unregistered with lost deeds or incomplete titles.
Drafting partnership agreements.
Due to unforeseen events within the Commercial Property department I was given a great deal of responsibility very early in my training contract and that continued throughout. It was also necessary for me to adopt a large number of files from colleagues at very short notice. Often these files had clients who were initially quite difficult and needed to be handled carefully and with understanding.

Legal Secretary and Paralegal

Geldards LLP | Aug 05 - Sep 06

Legal secretary to a partner and a senior associate within the Commercial Property department.
Audio and copy-typing correspondence and documents.
Preparing bills, administrating accounting matters and dealing with money transfers.
Managing diaries for both fee earners.
Undertaking an increasing amount of paralegal work within the Commercial Property Department.
Assisting fee earners with transactions involving major and blue chip companies.
Working to strict time constraints and deadlines.

Student

College of Law Advice Centre | Sep 03 - Oct 03

⦁ Worked with another student under a supervisor from Wragge and Co Solicitors.
⦁ Handled a case from the preliminary interview to writing a letter of advice.

Work Experience

Sackville Chambers | Jun 02 - Jun 02

Work shadowing for one week.
Attended cases in both the Magistrates Court and Crown Court.
Clarified my ambition to be a solicitor rather than a barrister.

Work Experience

Godfrey Morgan Solicitors | Jun 01 - Aug 01

9 weeks work experience.
Became a point of contact for 10 clients involved in an insolvency case where I was responsible for drafting letters and filling in forms.
Regularly attended court with Counsel to take notes.
Spent time carrying out extensive legal research.

Other work experience

Administrator

Commission for Social Care Inspection | Sep 04 - Jul 05

Administrator for 5 inspectors of care homes, children’s homes and boarding schools.
Carried out receptionist duties, including answering the telephone and dealing with the post.

Shop Assistant

Asda Stores Limited | Sep 97 - Aug 03

Trained and supervised new colleagues.
Worked with a large range of people, both customers and colleagues.
Worked on the fresh food counters and checkouts.

CV

Legal education

University of Derby | Sep 00 - Jun 03

LPC

College of Law | Sep 03 - Jun 04

CV

Non Legal education

A-Levels

Norwich City College | Sep 97 - Jun 00

GCSEs

Sprowston High School | Sep 95 - Jun 97

CV

Professional Memberships

SRA

| Oct 08 - Now

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