Property legal services solicitors
Chris Hardy
Partner and Practice Group Leader
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279064
Email: chris.hardy@bpcollins.co.uk
Chris is a local man, having been educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. He gained a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford where he obtained a law degree. Chris joined B P Collins in 1983 and became a partner in 1986.
Chris has more than 20 years' experience working with developers and a loyal local client base that regularly instructs the firm. Chris continues to act for a number of private clients selling to developers substantial parcels of development land including several highly complex transactions.
Outside of work, Chris is a keen cricketer and golfer, currently Chairman of Chalfont St. Giles Cricket Club and, in the winter, is a season ticket holder at Wycombe Wanderers Football Club.
Mike Arundel
Partner
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279016
Email: mike.arundel@bpcollins.co.uk
Mike joined B P Collins in 1979, having previously been a partner in a London firm. Mike became partner in 1980 and was the head of the property practice between 1994 and 2006. He specialises in property development work and acts for a number of commercial and private clients.
Mike has more than 20 years experience working with developers and a loyal local client base that regularly instructs the firm. He regularly deals with the sale and purchase of many residential and commercial development sites, including contaminated land issues and carries out detailed perusal of complex title and ancillary documents.
Mike speaks some French and enjoys the gym, walking, travelling, reading and spending time with his family. He is a former school governor and a loyal member of local golf and rugby clubs.
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Jan Collis
Partner
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279066
Email: jan.collis@bpcollins.co.uk
Jan trained with Winter Taylors in High Wycombe and qualified as a solicitor in November 1981. She joined the property practice group of B P Collins in 1984.
Outside of B P Collins, Jan is an avid golfer and also plays tennis.
Pat Davies
Partner
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279086
Email: pat.davies@bpcollins.co.uk
Pat graduated in law from the University of Hull and qualified as a solicitor in 1979. Before joining B P Collins, she worked in Reading. Pat has over 25 years experience dealing with all types of property transactions, giving good practical advice and adhering to some very tight timescales.
Pat advises on all aspects of property transactions both in commercial property (including the acquisition of investment properties, business leases and renewals) and residential property (including leasehold extensions and enfranchisement, site acquisition and assembly and financial aspects).
Michael Larcombe
Partner
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279087
Email: michael.larcombe@bpcollins.co.uk
Michael worked in central government before entering private practice in 1991. After six years with a noted City law firm where he specialised in institutional investment work and general landlord and tenant law, he joined B P Collins in 1997. Michael has since built up a broad-based commercial property practice acting for industrial and commercial investors and occupiers, clients in the aggregates and waste industries, property entrepreneurs and developers. "A leading individual" in the Thames Valley for real estate, according to Chambers UK - A Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2008.
Justin Samuel
Partner
Practice Group: Property legal services
Call: 01753 279017
Email: justin.samuel@bpcollins.co.uk
Prior to joining B P Collins in 1986 Justin worked for Withers in London. Justin became a partner in 1989 and specialises in commercial property and development work.
Justin has more than 20 years experience in working with developers, and has a loyal local client base that regularly instructs the firm. The transactions he advises on include complex arrangements involving freehold disposals, leases, licences, management agreements and the like, often to a very tight timescale.
Justin speaks both French and Welsh. A keen sportsman, Justin played rugby for, and is a member of, Wasps and High Wycombe RFC but now confines himself to golf, hill walking, philately, antiques, theatre, cinema, gastronomy and quizzes.
Alison Howe
Associate
Alison graduated from University College Cardiff with LLB (Hons) and qualified as a solicitor in 1984. She rejoined B P Collins in 2007 as a property associate having previously worked in corporate and commercial, property and private client over an 8-year period spanning 1984-92. She is involved in voluntary work being a School Governor and an independent panel member for Bucks County Council on educational matters. Her outside interests include tennis and singing for the Windsor and Eton Choral Society.
Heather Pells
Associate
Heather graduated with an LLB (Hons) from Reading University in 1980 and qualified as a solicitor 3 years later. She first joined the property practice group of B P Collins in 1986. Heather specialises in residential conveyancing. In her spare time she is involved with the local Guides and is a member of a book group.
Robin Couser
Licensed Conveyancer
Robin graduated from Southampton University in 1970 and spent five years with Wedlake Bell training to be a solicitor, but then decided to become a specialist property lawyer and was a founder member of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. He has been with the Beaconsfield branch of B P Collins for over 26 years, building up an extensive network of contacts and local knowledge. In his spare time, Robin is a keen cyclist and skier as well as a contemporary music fan.
Helen Ford
Conveyancing Executive
Helen joined the property practice group of B P Collins in 1986 and specialises in residential conveyancing. Outside of work, Helen enjoys cookery and swimming and spending time with her family.
Gwen Tilbury
Conveyancing Executive
Gwen joined B P Collins in 1974 and has specialised in residential conveyancing since 1988. Gwen's outside interests include going to the theatre, reading, gardening and listening to music.
