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Real Estate: High Value Residential
High Net Worth Guide 2026 : London (Firms)
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About
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Our Residential Property Group is one of the largest dedicated residential property practices in London and specialises in prime UK residential property transactions both in London and the surrounding areas.
Our clients include private individuals, banks, corporates and on and offshore investment funds. We work with them to find commercial solutions and make the most of our connections with other important players in residential property such as agents, estates and developers. Regularly our work involves tight deadlines and, accordingly, we are highly responsive, ensuring our clients’ objectives are achieved.
Understanding your brief is key: each situation is different and each of our clients has a different set of priorities. Our close working relationship with our colleagues in Planning, Construction, Dispute Resolution, Immigration and Tax means that we do not merely present a list of options, we decisively recommend the best course of action based on all the information available to us.
Our results speak for themselves: we are a growing practice with a lot of repeat business and clients who are happy to refer friends and colleagues for our services.
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Strengths
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Mishcon de Reya's three core strengths are communication, knowledge, and professionalism. This sets them apart within the industry and is essential to delivering a high‑quality service for our clients buying or selling their high-value assets. Their communication is consistently excellent, demonstrated through clear, timely and proactive updates. Their depth of knowledge and attention to detail, particularly in complex or high‑value matters, is another defining strength. The department also maintains a highly professional and client‑focused approach.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthMishcon de Reya has the experience, flexibility and opportunity to put me in touch with other departments of the firm, as well as to work proactively with them, to deal with more complex transactions. They're very transparent and very consistent all along.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthMishcon are consistently highly professional and proactive, and we find their team to be excellent problem-solvers who regularly exceed our clients’ expectations.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthMishcon de Reya has brilliant communication and the ability to think outside the box. Ultra high net worth clients and prime property are always complex, and they always come up with solutions.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthMishcon de Reya have excellent coverage for all our clients' needs. From immigration, tax or legacy planning all the way through to art specialists, there is an in-house person to advise on every aspect of a client's move. They have excellent coverage across all manner of industries and specialisms. For want of a better phrase, they are a one-stop shop for our clients' needs, and our clients love that.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 James Liffen
James Liffen is adept at acting on high-value property transactions, focusing on national ultra high net worth clients in super prime London properties with some complex issues like tax planning, construction issues and leasehold reform.
James is brilliant and always incredibly responsive.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthJames is very good and someone with an established presence in the market. He's very commercial.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthJames runs a great team and is a fountain of knowledge!
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthJames has been extremely professional, supportive and flexible. I am most grateful for his support and dedication.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthJames is a huge asset to Mishcon de Reya.
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Band 1 Sonal Thakrar
Sonal Thakrar acts for affluent international clients on large-scale residential property transactions. Sonal is great. She's a force of nature, and her clients love her.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthSonal is the best residential lawyer in London.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthSonal is an outstanding lawyer. I rate her as the best I have ever dealt with in terms of conveyancing.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthI have only ever had positive experiences working with Sonal. She is consistently knowledgeable, helpful and highly effective, and my clients and customers frequently comment on how impressed they are with her approach. Efficiency and transparency are essential when dealing with high‑value property transactions, and Sonal delivers both every time. The level of service she provides has been invaluable to the smooth progression of the matters we work on together.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthSonal is amazing. She's the person to go to.
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Band 3 Dee Aylward
Dee Aylward regularly handles significant residential property transactions for wealthy and ultra-wealthy clients.
Dee has been a total superstar for our clients over the years. She is pragmatic, commercial, responsive and at all times quietly formidable. The feedback from my clients has always been exemplary. Even clients involved in more complex transactions have consistently emerged with nothing but praise for the diligence and outcomes Dee has delivered for them.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthDee has been extremely efficient with all my clients, and I find her very approachable.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthDee was extremely on the ball, oftentimes coming back on queries in a matter of minutes. She came up with a solution to a serious issue quickly and was in sync with our aim to exchange contracts as soon as possible.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthDee is very client- and solution-focused.
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Band 4 Fiona Callaghan
Fiona Callaghan is a managing associate and assists international high net worth clients with complex transactions. She is active on deals in the prime central London market.
Fiona got things going quickly and ensured we completed the required documents as soon as possible so they were ready when we needed them.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthFiona was kind and explained things I didn't understand without making me feel silly.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthFiona is excellent in all respects and extremely proactive too.
Real Estate: High Value Residential respondentHigh Net WorthFiona is always excellent with clients and delivers the best advice.
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Ranked Individuals at Mishcon de Reya LLP (4)
London (Firms)
James Liffen
Real Estate: High Value Residential
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Head of Real Estate: High Value Residential
View profile Dee Aylward
Real Estate: High Value Residential
View profile Fiona Callaghan
Real Estate: High Value Residential
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Members
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Ruth North
Carly Clayton
Julie Bond
Helen Curtis-Goulding
Sarah Callaghan
Monika Patel
Alison Taylor
James Liffen
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