Simon Hopewell Consultant Solicitor
Simon is a real estate finance lawyer with over twenty-five years' experience in advising lenders and borrowers on traditional secured lending, structured finance, and real estate finance matters.
Most recently he has built a Buy to Let conveyancing practice acting for Buy to Let investors and their associated lenders. He also acts for a number of bridge lenders and high street lenders in the commercial lending market and has an extensive network of contacts within the commercial real estate and development lending market.
Simon's varied career has included spending periods in-house at:
- Deutsche Bank where he ran a transaction management group acting for clients such as British Land and ICG.
- Head of group legal at Kensington Mortgages responsible for all legal aspects of funding the group through its Securitisation Programme and Warehouse funding panel
- Director at Sanne Group in Jersey where he set up a corporate administration team operating in Jersey, Luxembourg and Dublin
Simon can assist bridge lenders, corporate lenders and more traditional regulated lenders in all aspects of the lending process and given his varied experience can also assist with related corporate matter including JV / shareholders agreements, partnership agreements and other corporate matters where legal knowledge combined with a commercial view are required.
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VerifiedThank you so much to Simon and the team for such a fast, efficient and professional service.
VerifiedWilliam has been exceptional with our house purchase and sale. We couldn’t have done it without him. He has been completely dedicated and made sure he got this over the line for us. I would...
VerifiedSetfords Solicitors are knowledgeable and supportive. I am delighted with their service.
VerifiedBest solicitors to use for property transactions by far! Simon and Shelby are very easy to deal with very communicative.
VerifiedWe have been using Simon Hopewell and his team for nearly a decade, and once again they have handled our remortgage impeccably. They are consistently professional, responsive and communicative,...
VerifiedYet another amazing experience with Simon Hopewell's team
Verifiedreally professional Simon Hopewell and team. super efficient and completed my conveyancing really smoothly. was very happy and am using again already for another property. would recommend.
VerifiedSimon Hopewell and his team handled a commercial property purchase for us. There were some hurdles to get over and the team acted fast, efficiently and professionally for us. Pricing was also ver...
VerifiedWilliam was AMAZING from start to finish. We were really impressed with his response times, knowledge and response to our questions. We will recommend Setfords to anyone who is looking for a...
VerifiedExcellent service would highly recommend
VerifiedYet again an amazing service from Simon Hopewell’s Team especially from William Allenby. They leave other conveyancers in the shade (and I have used many). Always one step ahead, responsive and...
VerifiedSetfords handle our buying and selling professionally especially Shelby handle all our enquiries and guides us all the way until the transfer is over. Highly recommend them!
VerifiedWilliam Ashby has beef brilliant
VerifiedAmazing team of Solicitors. I was let down by another solicitor who couldn't sort out a problem on a property. William was brilliant. Put me straight at ease & got the job done within the...
VerifiedSimon Hopewell and his team have been fantastic in dealing with the sale of one of my BTL properties.Communication is the key to any transaction, and I couldn't have been kept better informed...
VerifiedGreat service and responsiveness
VerifiedHonestly the best lawyers I've ever dealt with. Never had to chase for anything especially as I was purchasing via Auction! William Allenby was professional, efficient and CONTACTABLE!
VerifiedSimon Hopewell and his team did an excellent job. I have used quite a few conveyancing solicitors over the years and its rare to find a team that are so helpful and proactive
VerifiedGreat communication and efficiency
VerifiedWhat an amazing service by Simon Hopewell and his team, Everything at best - Communication, service speed and more . Thank you
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