Meet The Team

Jeremy Swerner Partner

Jeremy Swerner is one of the founding partners of BSG Solicitors and qualified in 1979.

Prior to setting up BSG Solicitors, Jeremy spent time as a Partner in a West End practice heading up the commercial property department.  Jeremy has vast experience of acting for substantial public companies and for owners of private portfolios of retail and office investments, including major sales, purchases and leases.

Jeremy also has expertise in company commercial matters including share sale agreements, sales and purchases of businesses.

Jeremy is the firm’s COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration) and has a key role in managing the firm’s finances.

Jeremy’s main interests are family, film, travel, reading and football. Jeremy is an avid Spurs supporter with an encyclopedic knowledge of the club’s history and up to date information.

 

Practice area

• Commercial Property

 

 

 

Paul Grant Partner

Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department

Paul Grant is one of the founding partners of BSG Solicitors having emigrated from city firm Howard Kennedy where he was deputy head of litigation. He qualified in 1973 and is also a part time District Judge.

Paul is the head of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Paul has considerable experience in many areas of law to include Professional Regulation, Employment, Contract, Commercial, Professional Negligence, Insolvency, Landlord and Tenant and Inheritance.

In the last 20 years Paul has specialised in Medical Regulatory work and acts for numbers of doctors, dentists, psychotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors defending them where necessary, against their respective Regulatory Bodies.

Paul has been involved in a number of landmark cases that have shaped the legal landscape in his areas of expertise. Below are some notable cases in which Paul has played a pivotal role:

• Benjamin Sayer v General Osteopathic Council [2021] EWHC 370 (Admin)
• Wray v General Osteopathic Council [2020] EWHC 3409 (QB)
• Beard v General Osteopathic Council [2019] EWHC 1561 (Admin)
• Shaw v General Osteopathic Council [2015] EWHC 2721 (Admin)
• Janred Properties Ltd v Ente Nazionale Italiano Per Il Turismo (The Italian State Tourist Office) [1983] EWCA Civ JO74-2
• Balabel v Air India [1988] Ch. 317 (16 March 1988)

He is a founding member of a Health Group that specialises in all aspects of Health Care Law. Paul advises regularly on the setting up of Codes of Practice, medical disputes, the relationship of employment, statute and commercial law in the health sphere to individuals and their practice groups.

Paul has an honours degree in law (LLB) and a master’s degree in medical Ethics and Law.  He was the Chairman of the College of Osteopaths, a teaching institute awarding degrees and a charity.

Paul is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, the Medico-Legal Society and the General Osteopathic Council.

Paul’s main interests are philosophy, education, opera, theatre and playing Bridge.  Paul has a keen interest in Osteopathy and followed in the family profession  by qualifying as a non-practising osteopath (no longer registered).

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Practice areas

• Litigation/Dispute Resolution Department
• Clinical and Professional Negligence
• Employment Law
• Healthcare Law
• Regulatory and Disciplinary Proceedings

Saul Courts Partner

Saul Courts qualified with BSG Solicitors in 2002 and became a Partner in 2005

Saul has built up his expertise in both residential and commercial property transactions acting for buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants.

Saul is the firm’s IT manager and has a particular interest in new technology which he implements to ensure that BSG are progressive in their reach and the service they provide.

Saul’s main interests are family, music and technology

Practice areas

• The Secondary Mortgage Lending Department
• Residential Conveyancing

 

David Sichel Partner

Dispute Resolution and Family Law Department

David is a Partner here having joined BSG Solicitors in 2013 and has over 30 years of experience in Dispute Resolution and Family Law work. David obtained an BA Law (Hons) and qualified as a Solicitor in 1985.

David commonly deals with property litigation, landlord and tenant litigation, including possession proceedings, general commercial litigation as well as family law and relationship breakdown litigation and employment law litigation

David always looks to see if a matter can be negotiated or mediated rather than litigated if possible.

David is a member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association).

David’s interest includes socialising, cinema and theatre and DIY.  He is a life-long supporter of Chelsea Football Club.

Practice areas

• Litigation/Dispute Resolution Department
• Landlord and Tenant Law
• Family Law & Relationship Breakdown
• Employment Law

Jasmeen K. Deep-Bharj Partner

Jasmeen K. Deep-Bharj has been in practice for over 15 years having been admitted in 2003 and has gained extensive solid experience in Secured Development Lending and has acted for numerous bridging loan companies. She also has considerable experience in both residential and commercial property matters and has acted for individuals, property developers, companies and financial institutions.

Jasmeen has a friendly and approachable manner towards her clients. She is pro-active, calm in pressurised situations and strives to meet her clients’ deadlines and expectations at all times. Being conversant in some of the Asian languages to include Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, Jasmeen is able to explain the legalities of a transaction in a language that her Clients understand.

Jasmeen advises clients on the following:

Sales and purchases;
Re-mortgages;
Lease extensions;
Transfers of equity and gifts of land;
Granting, assignment and renewal of Commercial Leases;

Independent Legal Advice to Company Officers and Individuals;
Sale and purchase of Businesses;

Preparation of Lasting Power of Attorneys.

In her limited spare time, Jasmeen enjoys cooking, walking, socialising and spending quality time with her young family.

Atanas Angelov Partner

Atanas Angelov joined BSG Solicitors as a Trainee Solicitor in October 2020.

Atanas graduated from the University of Brighton in 2014 with a LLB (Honours) in Law with Business and then went on to complete his Legal Practice Course & LLM Master of Laws (with Commendation) at the University of Law in Moorgate London in 2015.

Atanas has extensive experience in healthcare regulation, which he built up working at the Fitness to Practise and General Counsel departments of the Nursing and Midwifery Council between 2015 – 2020. Prior to starting his training contract with BSG Solicitors, Atanas was a Senior Paralegal for the NMC’s Major Investigations Team where he worked on high profile and complex fitness to practise matters including those arising from criminal investigations, public inquiries, coroner inquests and those attracting national media interest. Atanas also has experience in litigation, employment law and representing clients facing confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Atanas is fluent in Bulgarian and French.

Atanas’s interests include blockchain technologies, neural networks, and machine learning. He also enjoys surfing and skiing.

Practice area

• Litigation / Dispute Resolution
• Professional Regulation
• Employment Law
• Confiscation (POCA 2002) Proceedings

Buket Buse Yildirim Solicitor

Naureen Matlib Associate Solicitor

Naureen qualified in 2005 and has worked for over 15 years as a solicitor, salaried partner and consultant at London-based law firms accredited by Lexcel and the Law Society’s ‘CQS’ Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

 

Her practice areas are:

• Residential property – Naureen has extensive conveyancing experience, including sales, purchases, transfers and re-mortgages of freehold, leasehold and shared ownership properties.
• Lease extensions and freehold acquisitions, under statute and by agreement.
• Will-drafting.
• Probate and administration of estates (non-contentious).
• Lasting Power of Attorney.

 

Naureen acts for individuals and companies. She aims to be approachable and available to clients, explaining legal concepts in a clear and practical manner.

 

In her spare time, Naureen enjoys spending time with friends and family.

Neil Corre Barrister

Neil Corre is a consultant with the firm. Neil qualified as a Solicitor in 1979 and as a Barrister in 2005.

He is a barrister specialising in medical regulatory, criminal and road traffic defence and judicial review. He has appeared in a number of leading cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, including Shaw v General Osteopathic Council [2015] EWHC 2721 (Admin) on the meaning of ‘unacceptable professional conduct.’ He has written four books and is a regular contributor to legal journals. His advocacy and sound advice are complemented by a firm and fearless commitment to his clients.  His hobbies include tea tasting, weather forecasting and listening to Beethoven