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Annabel Dean

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Practice areas

  • Residential Property

Annabel advises on all aspects of the acquisition and management of real estate, particularly residential property. Her clients include individuals, trustees and landed estates. Annabel also has a great deal of experience acting for lenders taking security over property.

Annabel's focus is on providing pragmatic and commercial advice, enabling clients to navigate the property market intelligently. Her wide-ranging experience spans residential, commercial and rural property issues. Her particular specialism is high-value residential real estate and secured lending. She thrives on fast-paced transactions and finding solutions to the complicated problems which can arise as a result of the esoteric nature of the land law of England and Wales.

Clients praise Annabel's diligence and responsiveness as well as her calm, measured advice under pressure. Once a deal is agreed (whether it is an acquisition or a mortgage), Annabel works proactively and collaboratively to maintain momentum and achieve completion as quickly as possible.

Many of Annabel's clients are based outside the UK or have international interests and she is used to advising on UK property in the context of cross-border wealth and tax concerns. She acts for a large number of lenders including most of the private banks which hold UK lending books. Annabel particularly enjoys providing the sophisticated advice which private banks require to make agile lending decisions.

Annabel qualified as a solicitor in 2008.

 

Expertise

Individuals & Families

Annabel advises high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and families on their property interests. She is used to acting for families with complicated dynamics and holding structures in a world where the problems surrounding the management of global wealth are constantly evolving. Annabel enjoys developing lasting relationships with her clients and their wider families. Her long-standing clients rely on her for her detailed understanding of their affairs. Annabel is well-connected in the Middle East; many of her clients are based in or come from the MENA region.

Private Banks

Annabel advises a large number of banks on the structuring and execution of secured lending transactions relating to residential, commercial and rural property. She has wide-ranging real estate finance experience, including advising on lending in the context of share acquisitions and complicated property holding structures. With our Financial Services and Banking teams, Annabel has advised several banks on their entry into the secured lending market in England and Wales, creating precedent document suites and advising on appropriate conditions precedent.

Memberships & Accolades

Annabel writes regularly for the Financial Times and The Sunday Times.

Testimonials

Annabel is ranked lawyer for high value residential property work in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide. She is also recommended by Legal 500 for both her high-value residential work and her property finance work.

"She was perfect and brilliant to work with - commercial and pragmatic." (Chambers High Net Worth 2021)

"She brings a freshness and lightness of touch. She provides sound advice and is not fazed by problems." (Chambers High Net Worth 2021)

"She is very easy to deal with and is a good problem solver regarding technical surveying issues." (Chambers High Net Worth 2020)

"She is good - calm under pressure, efficient and communicative... she is helpful, polite and knowledgeable." (Chambers High Net Worth 2020)

"She is very efficient, very hardworking and very pragmatic. She's always available to talk." (Chambers High Net Worth 2019)

"Very easy to work with and businesslike in her manner. I've been very impressed with her" (Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2018)

‘She is very nice, effective and very bright." (Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2018)

"Very knowledgeable and innovative" and recognised for her Middle East expertise. (Legal 500 2017)

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