Lily Beel

Lily specialises in providing responsive & expert advice to individuals, investors (including companies) and developers across the UK on all areas of residential property law. She prides herself in offering a tailored service to her clients, with a reputation for efficient and thorough communications throughout transactions.

She can advise on a wide range of complex residential matters including (but not limited to):

• Freehold and leasehold conveyancing;
• Title splits;
• Bridging loans;
• Buy to Let refinance;
• Drafting of leases;
• Company transactions;
• Transfers of equity;
• New build purchases;
• Right to buy purchases;
• Deed of Variation;
• Adverse Possession;
• Equity Releases;
• Auction sales and purchases.

Lily enjoys going to music festivals, keeping fit through long distance running and high intensity interval training, and days in the countryside or by the coast. She is also an avid traveller with plenty of places still to visit on her bucket list.

Transactions Lily has acted on include:

• Purchases of investment properties for company clients with bridging finance
• Complex Leasehold transactions, including those which contain qualifying leases under the Building Safety Act 2022
• Sale and purchase of multiple rural second homes (including a number in North Norfolk) in excess of £750k
• Purchase of several London-based properties (both freehold and leasehold)
• Sale & purchase of multiple £1million+ properties
• Multiple Golden Triangle transactions
• Deed of easements relating to various types of property

• Graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Law in 2015
• Joined Leathes Prior as a Paralegal in November 2015
• Completed her Legal Practice Course in June 2017
• Joined Leathes Prior as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2017
• Qualified as a Solicitor in March 2019
• Promoted to Associate in May 2022 & Senior Associate in May 2023
• Invited into the firm’s Partnership in April 2025