John Southan
Senior Associate
Land and Real Estate
- Saffron Walden
Biography
I am a property and private client specialist and act in property work that overlaps with private client matters and complex title issues. I assist colleagues across our 5 offices with non-transactional property work arising from estates and trusts, matters involving trustees and charities. I have expertise in dealing with unregistered deeds, large and complex farm holdings, and adjusting partnership interests. Also reconstructing title from lost deeds or adverse possession. I support our Land and Real Estate department on these matters.
Having qualified as a solicitor in 2006, I have extensive experience in both property and private client matters. I am a Senior Associate in our Land and Real Estate department, and although I am based in our Saffron Walden office, I assist colleagues across our office network as required and work from those other offices at times. I have broad experience 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 beneficial interests, or issues regarding unregistered deeds, in relation to the matters mentioned above.
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Awards and accreditations
Further information
I qualified for a STEP Diploma in trusts and estates in 2016 Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Before working locally in Saffron Walden, I spent many years working in Brentwood and, before that, in Central London and Hornchurch. In between university, I spent one year studying international and comparative law while living in the Netherlands and I still like to travel.
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