Philip Askew

Philip joined Stone King in 2015 and became a partner in the Private Client Property team in 2017. 

Philip has 17 years’ experience of all aspects of high value residential work and acts for UK based and international private clients.

Philip was appointed to the Law Society Property Committee in March 2015 and has recently ended his term of office, during which time he presented webinars, wrote articles, and worked alongside specialists in the field covering matters including lease extensions, the Building Safety Act, climate change and contract clauses during the Covid pandemic to allow variation to completion dates where any party was isolating.

He has written for national newspapers on residential property matters, including the Sunday Times, on rentcharges.

His particular fields of expertise are:

• High value Prime London freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
• Portfolio sales
• Security
• Remortgages including portfolio remortgages
• Grants of new residential leases
• Lease extensions with particular focus on the City of London
• Lease variations and surrenders of part
• Licences to alter
• Listed buildings
• Deeds of easement
• Deeds of covenant
• Adverse possession of land
• Acting for landlords and management companies