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PRESTON-ROUSE
COMPANY are commercial solicitors based in central London. Our partners are Judith Preston-Rouse, who founded the firm in 1987, and Michael Vann.We have formally established a system of cross consultancies with other solicitors.
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Our main areas of practice include:
Commercial Property, Commercial Landlord and Tenant, Corporate and Corporate Finance, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Contracts, Terms and Conditions of Trading, Contract advice drafting and negotiating, Copyright and Design, Internet Law, and other related work.
We undertake residential and commercial property work of all kinds including mortgages and re-mortgages.
Through our consultants we are able to offer services in family and employment law, private client work, estate planning, including wills, trusts and probate, personal injury, shipping and maritime law and arbitration.
Judith Preston-Rouse
judith@preston-rouse.com
A highly experienced commercial lawyer, Judith founded PRESTON-ROUSECO. in 1987, having previously been a partner with Kingsley Napley, the Director of Legal Services for the Lesser Group of Companies and a partner of Freedman & Co. (a firm that specialised in building law as it affects the construction industry, allied trades and professions).
She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. For many years Judith was the intellectual property adviser to the Royal College of Art, dealing with copyright in relation to industrial design, fine art, textiles and motor vehicle design. She is listed in the International Edition of Professional Who's Who.
Judith is a consultant with Poole & Co. LLP in Crewkerne and Sherbourne in Somerset and McMillan Williams Solicitors at their office in South London.
Michael Vann MA (Oxon)
michael@preston-rouse.com
Educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Oxford, Michael has many years' experience as a partner in one of London's leading law firms (Turner Kenneth Brown). With considerable expertise in the field of commercial property and property related banking, Michael is equally at home with corporate and private clients of all sizes.
Michael is also a named consultant with Poole & Co. LLP and McMillan Williams Solicitors.
Nicola Manning
Nicola.Manning@mwsolicitors.co.uk
Nicola Manning is our appointed external non-executive consultant who assists the firm in systems administration and compliance with best practice standards. Nicola, a practising solicitor since 1981, has had extensive experience in all aspects of solicitors' practice management. She was former Chair of the Law Society Practice Management Committee. Her skills lie in civil litigation, practice management and quality standards.
Stephen Forsey
smforsey@googlemail.com
Stephen qualified as a barrister in 1977 and practised in London at the General Common Law Bar before moving to Wragge & Co. in Birmingham as a solicitor where he specialised in Tax Law. He is a partner with Everys of Exmouth Devon and a named Consultant with PRESTON-ROUSECO. He specialises in all aspects of private client work particularly wills, trusts, probate and Inheritance Tax mitigation.
Karam Palaha
michael@preston-rouse.com
Karam Palaha joined us in August 2010 as an important executive member of our property and litigation teams. Karam has a law degree from Nottingham Trent University where she was president of the Sikh Society. She has gained considerable experience in a wide range of property and other transactions particularly for high net worth individuals and property investors and high value properties.
Puja Dutta
michael@preston-rouse.com
Puja Dutta has a law degree from London Metropolitan University and is a Solicitor who currently handles some but not all of our residential conveyancing under the supervision and direction of Michael Vann. Puja has also had experience in corporate share purchase agreements and litigation work under the supervision of Judith Preston-Rouse.
Natalie Stallard
michael@preston-rouse.com
Natalie hails from Wales and joined us in September 2010. She has a law degree from Reading University where she majored in Land Law, Intellectual Property Law and Company Law amongst other core subjects. Natalie has excellent intra personal and administrative skills, experience in working under pressure and is a valuable member of our team.
Philip Bellamy LLB
Pbellamy26@btinternet.com
Philip is a graduate of Queen Mary College and was admitted in 1975. He has had a lifetime of dealing in real estate work both commercial and residential, He was a partner for 12 years in a practice in Thornton Heath and has been head of conveyancing departments in other firms. Philip decided in 1994 to become independent and is called in by PRESTON-ROUSECO. on a regular basis to carry out complex title investigation work. He is an important team member providing expert services to the firm.
Simon D. Jones LLB
simon@preston-rouse.com
simonjones30@ntworld.com
Simon was until recently an equity partner with Bridge McFarland, a large regional Lincolnshire firm. He has disengaged from them, and has set up his own practice in both Lincolnshire and at the offices of PRESTON-ROUSECO. at 6 Gray's Inn Square in London. Simon has extensive expertise in Commercial and Residential Property, and also has a background in Family and Private Client work. He actively assists us on the larger complex transactions.
Jonathan Pitman LLB
pitman@dial.pipex.com
Jonathan is an external consultant solicitor of the firm, and has his London office at 6 Gray's Inn Square with PRESTON-ROUSECO. Jonathan's core practice areas encompass: advising on international sale and purchase commodity contracts, charter parties, contracts of affreightments and bills of lading. High Court litigation in London; arbitration proceedings in the UK and abroad; alternative dispute resolution. Asset tracing. Advising generally on insolvency including winding up proceedings and bankruptcy. Troubleshooting: major shipping casualties and maritime fraud: Shipping - international trade - marine insurance and re-insurance - international sugar trade - money remittance. Arbitration and court proceedings in England and other jurisdictions, in particular Latin America; negotiating guarantees and security; claims under charterparties, bills of lading, sales contracts and bankers' documentary credits; claims under hull and machinery policies ; personal injury; non contentious matters including liner conference and joint venture agreements, towage, salvage and wreck removal contracts; casualty investigation including safe port, fire/explosion; IMDG cargoes including calcium hypochlorite. Cross border asset and insolvency. Conduct of High Court and multi-jurisdictional litigation. Arbitration on LMAA, LCIA, ICC, FOSFA, GAFTA terms and others. Alternative Dispute Resolution. Regional specialisation: Latin America, Europe, China,and the Phillipines in conjunction with a network of professional contracts in these regions. Brazil has been a particular focus of attention in recent years.
Gemma Fresacher
michael@preston-rouse.com
Gemma joined us during 2011 having spent 6 years with Gregory Radcliffe in their real estate department. She works on a variety of commercial and residential property transactions under the supervision of Michael Vann, and is an important part of the property team.
Commercial Property, Commercial Landlord and Tenant, Corporate and Corporate Finance, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Contracts, Terms and Conditions of Trading, Contract advice drafting and negotiating, Copyright and Design, Internet Law, and other related work.
We undertake residential and commercial property work of all kinds including mortgages and re-mortgages.
Through our consultants we are able to offer services in family and employment law, private client work, estate planning, including wills, trusts and probate, personal injury, shipping and maritime law and arbitration.
Judith Preston-Rouse
judith@preston-rouse.com
A highly experienced commercial lawyer, Judith founded PRESTON-ROUSE
CO. in 1987, having previously been a partner with Kingsley Napley, the Director of Legal Services for the Lesser Group of Companies and a partner of Freedman & Co. (a firm that specialised in building law as it affects the construction industry, allied trades and professions).She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. For many years Judith was the intellectual property adviser to the Royal College of Art, dealing with copyright in relation to industrial design, fine art, textiles and motor vehicle design. She is listed in the International Edition of Professional Who's Who.
Judith is a consultant with Poole & Co. LLP in Crewkerne and Sherbourne in Somerset and McMillan Williams Solicitors at their office in South London.
Michael Vann MA (Oxon)
michael@preston-rouse.com
Educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Oxford, Michael has many years' experience as a partner in one of London's leading law firms (Turner Kenneth Brown). With considerable expertise in the field of commercial property and property related banking, Michael is equally at home with corporate and private clients of all sizes.
Michael is also a named consultant with Poole & Co. LLP and McMillan Williams Solicitors.
Nicola Manning
Nicola.Manning@mwsolicitors.co.uk
Nicola Manning is our appointed external non-executive consultant who assists the firm in systems administration and compliance with best practice standards. Nicola, a practising solicitor since 1981, has had extensive experience in all aspects of solicitors' practice management. She was former Chair of the Law Society Practice Management Committee. Her skills lie in civil litigation, practice management and quality standards.
Stephen Forsey
smforsey@googlemail.com
Stephen qualified as a barrister in 1977 and practised in London at the General Common Law Bar before moving to Wragge & Co. in Birmingham as a solicitor where he specialised in Tax Law. He is a partner with Everys of Exmouth Devon and a named Consultant with PRESTON-ROUSE
CO. He specialises in all aspects of private client work particularly wills, trusts, probate and Inheritance Tax mitigation.Karam Palaha
michael@preston-rouse.com
Karam Palaha joined us in August 2010 as an important executive member of our property and litigation teams. Karam has a law degree from Nottingham Trent University where she was president of the Sikh Society. She has gained considerable experience in a wide range of property and other transactions particularly for high net worth individuals and property investors and high value properties.
Puja Dutta
michael@preston-rouse.com
Puja Dutta has a law degree from London Metropolitan University and is a Solicitor who currently handles some but not all of our residential conveyancing under the supervision and direction of Michael Vann. Puja has also had experience in corporate share purchase agreements and litigation work under the supervision of Judith Preston-Rouse.
Natalie Stallard
michael@preston-rouse.com
Natalie hails from Wales and joined us in September 2010. She has a law degree from Reading University where she majored in Land Law, Intellectual Property Law and Company Law amongst other core subjects. Natalie has excellent intra personal and administrative skills, experience in working under pressure and is a valuable member of our team.
Philip Bellamy LLB
Pbellamy26@btinternet.com
Philip is a graduate of Queen Mary College and was admitted in 1975. He has had a lifetime of dealing in real estate work both commercial and residential, He was a partner for 12 years in a practice in Thornton Heath and has been head of conveyancing departments in other firms. Philip decided in 1994 to become independent and is called in by PRESTON-ROUSE
CO. on a regular basis to carry out complex title investigation work. He is an important team member providing expert services to the firm.Simon D. Jones LLB
simon@preston-rouse.com
simonjones30@ntworld.com
Simon was until recently an equity partner with Bridge McFarland, a large regional Lincolnshire firm. He has disengaged from them, and has set up his own practice in both Lincolnshire and at the offices of PRESTON-ROUSE
CO. at 6 Gray's Inn Square in London. Simon has extensive expertise in Commercial and Residential Property, and also has a background in Family and Private Client work. He actively assists us on the larger complex transactions. Jonathan Pitman LLB
pitman@dial.pipex.com
Jonathan is an external consultant solicitor of the firm, and has his London office at 6 Gray's Inn Square with PRESTON-ROUSE
CO. Jonathan's core practice areas encompass: advising on international sale and purchase commodity contracts, charter parties, contracts of affreightments and bills of lading. High Court litigation in London; arbitration proceedings in the UK and abroad; alternative dispute resolution. Asset tracing. Advising generally on insolvency including winding up proceedings and bankruptcy. Troubleshooting: major shipping casualties and maritime fraud: Shipping - international trade - marine insurance and re-insurance - international sugar trade - money remittance. Arbitration and court proceedings in England and other jurisdictions, in particular Latin America; negotiating guarantees and security; claims under charterparties, bills of lading, sales contracts and bankers' documentary credits; claims under hull and machinery policies ; personal injury; non contentious matters including liner conference and joint venture agreements, towage, salvage and wreck removal contracts; casualty investigation including safe port, fire/explosion; IMDG cargoes including calcium hypochlorite. Cross border asset and insolvency. Conduct of High Court and multi-jurisdictional litigation. Arbitration on LMAA, LCIA, ICC, FOSFA, GAFTA terms and others. Alternative Dispute Resolution. Regional specialisation: Latin America, Europe, China,and the Phillipines in conjunction with a network of professional contracts in these regions. Brazil has been a particular focus of attention in recent years.Gemma Fresacher
michael@preston-rouse.com
Gemma joined us during 2011 having spent 6 years with Gregory Radcliffe in their real estate department. She works on a variety of commercial and residential property transactions under the supervision of Michael Vann, and is an important part of the property team.
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