DRUCES - Key Persons


Adrian Footer

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Real Estate

Antony Cotton

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Benjamin Lomer

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of the Property Litigation Associate
  • Partner and Head of Property Litigation
Benjamin Lomer is a partner and Head of Property Litigation in Druces LLP's Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. He has wide experience in dealing with both property litigation and commercial litigation matters. Ben is a member of the Property Litigation Associate and London Solicitors Litigation Association and he accepts referrals and acts on an agency basis for other law firms.

Caroline Cropley

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of the Association
  • Partner and Head of Corporate Restructuring
Caroline is a partner and Head of Corporate Restructuring in the Corporate and Commercial Team. Caroline is a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).

Dominic Traynor

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Legal Adviser

Helen Freely

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jack Dervyn

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Karen Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Head of Real Estate
  • Head of Real Estate / Real Estate
  • Member of the Druces Executive Committee
Karen is a Partner and the Head of Druces' Real Estate team. She has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial property and landlord and tenant related work, with a particular emphasis on investment and unregulated co-investment structures. Karen is also a member of the Druces Executive Committee which manages the firm's direction and vision for the future. Karen joined Druces LLP in 1992 and a became partner in 2001. She lives in Coleshill, Buckinghamshire with her husband and enjoys playing the piano and foreign travel.

Matthew Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Head of Private Wealth

Paul Levy

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Paul Levy was named as a ‘Rising Star' by Legal 500. "I did not realise that preparing a will diligently was so detailed. Thankfully I was taken through everything patiently so I understood. It has left me with a lot of work but hopefully I will not leave problems for my family. Paul Levy has been most helpful to myself and my family." "[Paul Levy]…demonstrated an extremely wide knowledge showing a quite exceptional understanding of his field of law. He also possesses the ability to deliver his advice in a most sensible practical and understandable manner." "Paul has a strong international dimension to his work, comfortable in addressing the concerns of both UK resident and non-resident individuals."

Paul White

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Robert Macro

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Head of Private Client

Suzanne Middleton-Lindsley

Job Titles:
  • Representative
  • Partner / Real Estate
  • Partner in the Real Estate
Suzanne Middleton Lindsley is a Partner in the Real Estate team and the Head of Residential Property. She has broad experience in residential and commercial property, including in investment, development and property finance. She also has experience in dealing with Sharia'a compliant transactions. Suzanne's outside interests include horses, country pursuits and interior design.