Real Estate
UK Guide 2025 : The South
Band 5
About
Provided by Peacock & Co Solicitors
Peacock & Co’s Residential and Commercial Property practice is led by partners Ema Bryn Jones and Charles Hylton-Potts, both winners of Property Lawyer of the Year at the Surrey Law Society Legal Awards in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The team also won Property Team of the Year at the same awards in 2023.
The practice is best known for its breadth of expertise (sale, purchase and leasing of all types of residential and commercial premises, development and finance transactions) and the diligent and communicative manner in which transactions are handled. Clients praise the team’s ‘prompt, informative and commercially minded solutions’ with ‘communication at the highest possible level’ and a ‘service [that is] excellent, [and] communication [that] was immediate’.
Chambers Review
Peacock & Co Solicitors regularly advises on residential and commercial leasehold and freehold transactions. It also has experience in acting for investors in property portfolio finance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Peacock & Co is clear in its advice and strikes a careful balance between a technical legal position and getting the deal done."
"Peacock & Co Solicitors is highly skilled in dealing with multiple agendas and work that is at different stages of the process simultaneously. Its work is timely and accurate."
"Peacock & Co is clear in its advice and strikes a careful balance between a technical legal position and getting the deal done."
"Peacock & Co Solicitors is highly skilled in dealing with multiple agendas and work that is at different stages of the process simultaneously. Its work is timely and accurate."
Notable Practitioners
Charles Hylton-Potts heads the group at Peacock & Co Solicitors. He has a notable commercial property practice with clients including landlords and developers. He shows particular expertise in commercial lease negotiations.
"Charles Hylton-Potts is incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. He responds quickly and explains even the most complex matters in understandable terms."
"Charles always strives hard to satisfy client demands and always maintains a very detailed technical approach to his work."
Ranked Lawyers at
Peacock & Co Solicitors
The South
Members
Provided by Peacock & Co Solicitors
Amie Younger
Head of Department
Ema Bryn Jones
Head of Department
John Campbell
Maria Wallder
Marijana Molnar
Sophie Button