Eugene joined Bower Bailey as a newly qualified solicitor in 1999 and is based in the Swindon office. He specialises in property law providing advice to both individuals and companies alike on a wide variety of property related transactions.
As well as a dedicated local client base, Eugene also acts for clients all over the country. Alongside his colleagues, he has managed to secure the firm’s membership to a number of panels through which its conveyancing services are recommended. These include, amongst others, several major UK property developers and housing associations.
Eugene has always adopted a friendly and positive approach, and progresses each transaction as efficiently as possible. His experience enables him to analyse and evaluate information swiftly and provide quick solutions. He believes in demystifying the law and tries to resolve issues by adopting a pragmatic and common sense approach, whilst still maintaining high standards of professional care. As a result of this Eugene has developed a strong and loyal client base.
Areas of expertise:
- Freehold sales and purchases
- Leasehold sales and purchases
- Development site acquisitions and disposals
Recent work:
- Acted on an very urgent sale of land which involved releasing the land from onerous restrictive covenants, drafting deeds of variation to reroute an existing right of way and successfully completed within the timescales set by the buyer and the seller
- Accepted instructions from a client to act for him when he decided to bid for an auction property three hours before the auction. The client was successful at the auction and purchased the property
- Acts for several developer clients, who renovate properties, where speed is of the essence and on many occasions has achieved exchange to completion deadlines of less than one week where the clients are able to purchase such properties without mortgage finance.
Personal interests:
Eugene enjoys running, less so now than in his younger days due to knee injuries. He likes to read a lot and also dabbles in painting and drawing with varying degrees of success.
