Meet the Team: Property
He qualified as a Solicitor in 1982 and also has a good working knowledge of the Mining and Aggregate Industries, French Property Law and Land Registry Adjudication procedures.
Louis is a Director and the Head of our Property Department.
Louis grew up in mid Cornwall. He trained as a Solicitor with Follett Stock Solicitors in Truro.
On qualification, Louis joined the prestigious national firm Burges Salmon LLP where he spent three successful years before joining Parnalls as a Director in March 2010.
Louis has experience in a multitude of sectors including leisure, rural land, agriculture, retail, transport and telecommunications. Louis has acted for a range of clients including public limited companies, investment funds, small and medium sized businesses, charities and private individuals.
Louis has particular interests in the leisure sector (holiday parks, hotels, pubs etc) and the rural land/ agricultural sectors (farm sales and acquisitions and landowner development).
Past experiences include:
- Acting for an investment fund in the acquisition of holiday/ caravan parks totalling approximately £25 million in value;
-Advising a FTSE 100 pubic limited company on the management of its property portfolio;
- Advising a Westcountry based charity on the acquisition of its retail portfolio;
- Acting for a series of landowners and farmers in various rural/ agricultural land transactions such as farm acquisitions, option agreements, conditional contracts and land swaps; and
- Acting in the sale and purchase of various businesses including hotels, pubs, restaurants, shops, caravan and camping parks and nursing homes.
Gemma returned to Parnalls in 2008 as Mark Parnall's Assistant. Gemma gained valuable experience elsewhere, and now works mainly on commercial and domestic conveyancing matters.
Shirley deals with both residential and commercial conveyancing including remortgages and Equity Release Schemes.
Teresa joined Parnalls from the S.E. where she worked for over 20 years as a Residential Conveyancer. Teresa is now studying to be a Licensed Conveyancer.
