Simon Hopewell, Consultant Solicitor | Setfords Solicitors
Simon Hopewell

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:

  1. Deutsche Bank where he ran a transaction management group acting for clients such as British Land and ICG.
  2. Head of group legal at Kensington Mortgages responsible for all legal aspects of funding the group through its Securitisation Programme and Warehouse funding panel
  3. 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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The team at SETFORDS made our both our property transactions smooth and stress free. We had been working with other solicitors in the past but the team at SETFORDS have certainly given me a more...

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Great service, good communication and got my property over the line.

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From my first contact with Simon Hopewell right through to my last email, my experience has been extraordinary.Phone calls and emails all replied to within a designated time frame and there was...

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Would always recommend Simon Hopewell, William Allenby, Samuel Clifford, Nicholas Clifford, Olly Allenby and the rest of the team - they're always a pleasure to deal with, and super efficient and...

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I've partnered with Simon Hopewell on a number of occasions and I have been really happy with his team's service. I have worked with some pretty unresponsive and shady lawyers over the years,...

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The best conveyancing solicitors. very professional, great communication and quick service and to top it of great value fee.

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I had a great experience with Simon Hopewell and his team. They were very responsive throughout the entire process and always quick to answer any questions I had. Everything was handled...

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Speed and Agility

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They are efficient and have great service

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It has been another pleasure to engage Simon Hopewell and his team, our some 6th business matter so far.Incredible service from start to finish. Precise, prompt and polite communications....

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I could not have imagined using someone else for the purchase of our investment property than William and Simon. They were so reassuring and patient. Very calm in every step even when I thought this...

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Simon Hopewell and his team Are absolutely fantastic. Helpful every step of the way and do everything they to meet deadlines and be supportive. Couldn’t recommend them enough. Thank you all!

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Small refinance with Kent Reliance. Setfords team were incredibly inefficient with a perfect blend of technology and regular human communication to keep me abreast of progress.There was no...

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This will be the second time I have used Setfords on our purchases and everything went as smooth as the first time. Great service, quick and reliable. I would definitely recommend them.

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Fabulous communication and speed . Highly recommend.

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We were very impressed with the responsiveness of Setford's. We had regular email contact from them throughout the refinance process and would certainly use them again in the future.

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Will Allenby Was amazing, he really battled to get all my requirements met and managed to get the completion of a complicated sale over the line with 2 hours to go. I will definitely be using him...

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Big thanks to Simon Hopewell and his team - saved me thousands - you get what you pay for

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Simon Hopewell and his team have recently completed a purchase for me in an outstanding timeframe of just two weeks. I worked with William Allenby who was very helpful and communication was...

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Great service. Efficient and informative

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