Rachel Roberts Senior Consultant, Commercial Property Lawyer

Rachel is a Senior Consultant Commercial Property Lawyer, specialising in all aspects of commercial and business conveyancing, primarily across Essex and Greater London. She was previously a Partner, Director and Head of Commercial Property at a successful niche property law firm in Essex. With 30 years’ experience in the property sector, including High Court litigation matters, Rachel is considered a calm and reliable pair of hands for all property requirements.

She also holds an additional Conveyancing Practitioner qualification, demonstrating enhanced property practice skills and knowledge.

Areas of expertise

• Commercial freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
• New business leases and assignments, acting for both landlords and tenants
• Auction legal packs, pre-auction advice and auction purchases
• Mortgages and high-value refinancing, including private loan agreements
• Asset sales and purchases involving lease assignments
• Options and overages
• Rights and easements, particularly rights of light
• General property advice and title investigations
• Transactions involving charities
• Unregistered land and adverse possession claims

Approach to work and clients

Rachel prides herself on the thoroughness of her approach to commercial property and her ability to explain issues clearly, ensuring clients understand the position and feel in control of the process. Her work comes primarily through the dedicated client following she has built through her rigorous, proactive and common-sense approach, always keeping each client's individual needs at the forefront. She takes pride in building long-standing relationships with her clients.

Career highlights

One of Rachel's career highlights was qualifying as a lawyer while working and raising a family. During her time as a dispute resolution lawyer, she had conduct of two reported property cases:

• Park Associated Developments Ltd and another v Kinnear and others [2013] EWHC 3617 (Ch)
• Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v South Essex College of Further and Higher Education [2016]

Her extensive experience in litigation has made her a highly skilled dispute resolution lawyer, an expertise she brings to her commercial property work. This enables her to anticipate potential issues before they arise and take a robust approach to advance her clients’ best interests and achieve positive outcomes.

Outside of work

In her spare time, Rachel enjoys reading, walking by the river, singing and travelling.