John Southan

I am a property and private client specialist and act in property work that overlaps with private client matters. I assist my colleagues across our 6 offices with non-transactional property work arising from their estates and trusts, such as assents, assignments, declarations and transfers. I assist my commercial property and residential conveyancing colleagues in interpreting existing trusts and analysing beneficial interests within their property transactions. I resolve title issues at the Land Registry, such as adverse possession, lost deeds, first registration and advice on charity property transactions, and advise co-owners on declarations of trust between them. I am a support lawyer for our Commercial Property department on these matters.

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2006, I have extensive experience in both property and private client matters. I am a Senior Associate in our Commercial Property Department, and although I am based in our Saffron Walden office, I assist colleagues across our office network as required. I have a broad base of experience, having worked in residential and commercial property, and in Private Client matters since 2012.

Delivering what you really need

I support my clients, other property solicitors and private client solicitors at Tees in resolving or interpreting complex title issues and interpreting beneficial interests, as well as non-transactional property matters that involve trustees holding land or distributions to and from estates and trusts and transferring beneficial interests and declarations of trusts recording beneficial ownership between co-owners.