Conveyancing Solicitors London
Buying, selling or remortgaging in London brings its own risks — long chains, leasehold flats, tight timelines. Our conveyancing solicitors handle every stage, start to finish.
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A conveyancing solicitor manages the legal transfer of property ownership — searches, contract review, mortgage lender liaison, and registration with HM Land Registry — for anyone buying, selling, or remortgaging property in London.
Adam Bernard Solicitors is an SRA-regulated firm (SRA No: 598171, 656730) with conveyancing teams operating from our Central London and Upton Park, East London offices, handling residential transactions across all 32 boroughs.
London conveyancing carries risks that don’t apply everywhere in England and Wales in the same way. A high proportion of the capital’s housing stock is leasehold rather than freehold, chains tend to be longer and more fragile than the national average, and a significant share of buyers and sellers are based overseas or purchasing as an investment. Each of those factors changes what your solicitor needs to check, how long the transaction realistically takes, and where delays are most likely to appear.
What our conveyancing solicitors handle
Our residential property team acts on:
- Property purchase — from first-time buyer flats to family homes, including Help to Buy and shared ownership transactions
- Sale of a property — contract drafting, buyer enquiries, exchange and completion, and post-completion Land Registry updates
- Remortgage and transfer of equity — reviewing lender requirements and updating the legal title
- Leasehold conveyancing — lease term checks, service charge and ground rent reviews, and enfranchisement queries, which matter more in London than almost anywhere else in the UK given how much of the capital’s flats and maisonettes are sold leasehold
- New-build purchases — reviewing developer contracts and warranties before exchange
If your matter is commercial rather than residential — a business lease, office purchase, or investment property — our commercial property and conveyancing team handles that separately.
Why instruct Adam Bernard Solicitors
We are a Solicitors Regulation Authority-regulated firm and accredited under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), the recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing in England and Wales. CQS accreditation means we’ve been independently assessed against the Law Society’s standards for competence, risk management and client service, and it’s also a prerequisite for membership of most major mortgage lender panels — so accreditation isn’t just a quality mark, it’s often what lets a lender agree to work with your solicitor at all. Beyond regulation and accreditation, three things distinguish how we run a conveyancing file:
- Direct solicitor access, not a call centre. You deal with a named solicitor throughout, not a rotating case handler. Our Founding Partner, Rashad Aslam, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and member of the Law Society of England and Wales, practises across property law and conveyancing alongside the wider team.
- Two London offices, one team. We act on transactions in Central London and East London from our High Holborn and Upton Park offices, so local knowledge of both markets sits inside the same firm.
- Flexible contact. 24/7 phone contact plus free video consultations via Zoom, Teams, WhatsApp or Skype, for clients who can’t attend in person — relevant for the overseas and relocating buyers who make up a meaningful share of London’s property market.
Conveyancing fees
We quote fixed conveyancing fees based on your transaction type and property value rather than open-ended hourly rates, so you know the cost before you instruct us. Full current pricing, including disbursements, is set out on our conveyancing fees page. Stamp Duty Land Tax is calculated separately and paid to HMRC — you can check the current rates and thresholds using HMRC’s Stamp Duty Land Tax calculator.
How long London conveyancing takes
Timelines vary by chain length and property type, but a straightforward purchase in England and Wales typically completes in 8–12 weeks from accepted offer. Leasehold flats, new builds, and long chains — all more common in London than the national average — tend to add time. We’ve broken the realistic week-by-week stages down in How Long Does Conveyancing Take?, including where documentation delays typically occur and how to avoid them.
Independent legal advice
If you’re party to a transaction where another solicitor requires you to obtain independent legal advice — a common requirement for guarantors, gifted-deposit contributors, or joint purchasers — our team provides this separately from the main conveyancing file. See Providing Independent Legal Advice for how this works and when it’s required.
Registration and post-completion
Once your purchase completes, your solicitor registers the change of ownership with HM Land Registry, which maintains the official register of title for property in England and Wales. We handle this as a standard part of every purchase file, along with any Stamp Duty Land Tax return due to HMRC.
Covering Central and East London
We act for clients buying, selling and remortgaging property across Central London — from our High Holborn office — and East London, including Upton Park, East Ham, Forest Gate, Stratford and the wider Newham area, from our Upton Park office. Wherever the property sits, one conveyancing team handles the file from instruction to completion.
Frequently Asked Questions
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