Elizabeth qualified as a Solicitor in 2007 after training with a regional firm spending time working across their Norwich and London offices. She joined the Commercial Real Estate Team at Birketts in June 2010 as a solicitor working on all types of commercial property transactions including secured lending.

Since 2018 Elizabeth has led our Real Estate Finance Team in the Norwich office. The team primarily acts for banks and specialist lenders in taking security over commercial, mixed use and residential buy to let properties across England and Wales.

Elizabeth’s real estate finance work includes advising major high street banks and specialist lenders on facilities secured against investment properties and development sites varying from small business loans to multi-million pound facilities. This involves undertaking due diligence on property assets and the preparation and negotiation of loan and security documentation. Elizabeth also acts for property investor clients in funding their acquisitions and refinancing their portfolios.

The Real Estate Finance Team has particular experience in working with lenders using lender indemnity insurance policies to back their loans and reduce due diligence on a volume basis and can support lenders who are looking to implement this on their transactions. Elizabeth works closely with our Banking Team and Corporate Team and acts for a number of different lenders on national panel appointments to provide property finance advice. This often involves leading teams to (re)finance existing portfolios in a short timescale. Elizabeth’s familiarity with lender’s requirements and the market means that she is also well placed to assist borrowers who wish to proceed quickly.

Recent work highlights

Appointed to the Interbay legal panel for England and Wales in 2018.

Appointed to the LendInvest legal panel for bridging and buy to let lending across England and Wales in 2020.

Appointed to the MOLO panel for lender work across England and Wales in 2024.

Experience & education

2021: Became a Partner

2010: Joined Birketts

2007: Qualified as a Solicitor

2005: LPC- Distinction – OXILP

2004: LLB (Hons)

Accreditations

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

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