Zahra Farooq

Senior Associate - Commercial Property

"I am a commercial property lawyer with a particular interest in assisting clients secure commercial lending on their assets.”

I trained and qualified at Higgs LLP after moving to Midlands from Bristol. As a senior associate in the commercial property team, I advise on all aspects of commercial property work, including disposals and acquisitions, landlord and tenant work, property finance and corporate support work. I take pride in delivering a people centred, high quality and cost effective service to my clients.

I am particularly involved in property finance, working with both established high street banks and secondary lenders. I
have built excellent relationships with my peers in the corporate banking and brokering fields, which really lends itself to resolving tricky issues for borrower clients.

I regularly arrange community gardening projects for my colleagues with a local primary school and volunteer with a number of Dudley based secondary schools to share careers advice and support.

  • Regularly act for established national convenience store chain in disposing of trading stores and assisting with managing a substantial property portfolio.
  • Acted for a German business expanding into the UK on acquiring a site at almost £1 million in annual rent.
  • Acted for the executors of a deceased estate to dispose of multiple properties at auction in very tight timescales.
  • Acted for a long established Dudley business in switching all banking facilities from HSBC to Handelsbanken
  • Acted for an investor to secure circa £1 million over a Birmingham property portfolio.

More about me

Favourite food

Can’t beat a good hearty lasagne but must also mention the underappreciated okra

Favourite book

At the moment it would be The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

Childhood career goal

A palaeontologist- as a property lawyer I do occasionally get to dig through near fossilised deeds.

Interests

Acting, weightlifting, spending time with my two ferocious daughters and the odd bit of vegetable gardening

“I really look forward to your calls, even though you’re a lawyer!”

A satisfied client

“[new client] is looking to expand his legal advisors and needs good proactive legal advice, speed and flexibility. I said you fitted the bill!”

Finance broker

"Your hard work to turn this around is very much appreciated! Thank you for your time, and I look forward to working with you and the Higgs team moving forward"

A satisfied client

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