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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Simon Hopewell and his team really went above and beyond to help me with a recent house move. The communication from Simon and Shelby was excellent I was kept informed throughout the process and I...

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Amazing experience with Simon Hopewell's team. very efficient, highly reccomended

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It has been a pleasure working with Simon Hopewell and his team. Sincerely appreciate team’s speed and coordination and pulling completion together before deadline. Special thanks to Will for clear...

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We worked with Simon Hopewell and his team on an auction purchase with bridging finance. We found them to be thoroughly helpful and professional throughout the process. Key is their ability to work...

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Responsive and make the process as simple as possible

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This was our first experience of moving house for over 30 years. Setfords helped us all the way. We bought a new build and the sales negotiator said our solicitor was the best in the chain by far....

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A great experience from start to finish! Everyone on the team were a pleasure to work with! Will use again, for sure.

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Im really grateful to simon hopewell and will allenby for all their hard work. They are always easy accessible, efficient and helpful.

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Simon Hopewell and his team have been very swift and professional in the process of purchasing multiple properties. No stress when it comes to these guys, very organised and no worries about delays...

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Simon Hopewell and his team go the extra mile; they could not be more helpful or legally competent. This is how high quality personal service should feel: assured, honest, experienced and insightful;...

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Setford's are a great bunch. They go over and above in the work they deliver. Communication is always efficient and clear, there is always good communication within their team too which means you...

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Simon Hopewell and his team were absolutely fantastic and I will recommend them any time and any day.Throughout the entire process I regularly spoke with William Allenby. At all times he was very...

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Mr William Allenby is very efficient and responsive to any questions.

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Great communication, efficient, and friendly. I will certainly use Setfords again.

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This is the first time i'm using Setfords for Conveyancing. Simon Hopewell and his team handled by case. Special thanks to William Allenby for his professional service. I can say that these guys are...

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Simon Hopewell and his team were extremely helpful throughout our purchasing process. We couldn't have asked for a better team to represent us.Thank you again.

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We had an outstanding experience working with William Allenby at Setfords Solicitors on the purchase of the property. He and his team demonstrated excellent commercial awareness and a clear...

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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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