Company
Position
Partner
Index
Property Lawyers
Legal
Property
Location
London
Asset Class
Commercial property
Real estate
Residential
Client type
Art people
High-profile clients
HNW
UHNW
UHNW families
Sector Focus
Artists, Writers and Performers
Financial Services
Legal Advisory Services
Real Estate
Sports & Leisure
Geographical focus
United Kingdom
Customer type
Solicitor
Spear’s Review
As a partner in Harbottle & Lewis's property group, Melanie Benson advises on commercial landlord and tenant work, plus residential conveyancing and investment and development work.
Clients include a mix of individuals, from ‘off-shore UHNW clients to tech entrepreneurs, arts impresarios and footballers’, Benson says. ‘They value quality, individual, tailored advice from lawyers who understand and know their businesses and their lives.’
Supported by Harbottle & Lewis’s private capital team, Benson provides a service that is both specialist and modern in approach. She notes that clients' privacy is paramount, and that maintaining it has sustained several long-term client relationships.
When asked about her clientele, she will only say: ‘Discretion is key – and my lips are forever sealed!’
Rank: Recommended

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