Emma is a People Advisor with over 7 years experience working within Human Resources. While she maintains a strong interest in employee relations, Emma enjoys all facets of her HR responsibilites.
Emma supports employees and Partners across the full people lifecycle. She provides guidance on daily queries and well as offering practical and compassionate wellbeing support. Emma works closely with stakeholders with the aim to improve the overall people experience. Emma is passionate about creating an inclusive and positive workplace whilst aligning with the wider goals of the business.
Having joined the firm in 2019, Sarah is a Commercial Property Executive who advises clients on a broad range of commercial property matters. She assists with commercial leases, landlord and tenant issues, commercial property acquisitions and disposals, and property refinancing.
Sarah is committed to supporting clients throughout every stage of a transaction, providing practical, commercially focused advice tailored to their individual needs. She combines strong legal expertise with a proactive, client-centered approach, delivering efficient and effective legal services.
Sarah is a Commercial Property Executive who has worked in Commercial Property for over four years, advising businesses, landlords, tenants and investors on a wide range of commercial property matters.
Sarah is passionate about helping clients navigate what can often be complex and time-sensitive transactions. She understands that commercial property matters frequently involve tight deadlines and competing priorities, and she prides herself on remaining organised, proactive and responsive to ensure transactions progress smoothly and efficiently. Her practical, commercially focused approach gives clients confidence that their matter is in safe hands from instruction through to completion.
Based in the Crawley office, Sarah works with clients across the region and regularly assists clients from the firm’s Brighton and Lewes offices, providing a seamless and accessible service wherever they are based.
Sarah holds a Law Degree and completed the Legal Practice Course (LPC), combining strong legal knowledge with a pragmatic, client-focused approach. She is committed to delivering clear, straightforward advice and building lasting relationships by providing an efficient, approachable and professional service tailored to each client’s individual needs.
Juliet is a Partner in the residential property team and is based in the Storrington and Chichester offices. She has over 22 years of experience in dealing with all aspects of residential conveyancing.
Juliet has great local knowledge, having practiced in various locations in and around West Sussex since 2004. She joined Mayo Wynne Baxter in 2014 and became a Partner in 2017.
Juliet has a through understanding of conveyancing law and practice and specialises in buying, selling and transferring ownership of a wide variety of properties and land. She acts for everyone from first time buyers to high net worth individuals, landowners, investors and companies. She enjoys complex conveyancing and problem solving.
Juliet guides her clients through the conveyancing process in an efficient, friendly and helpful way and is known for her client service and attention to detail. She is equally happy communicating in person, on the phone or by email.
Lorna joined MWB in 2018 and is our Marketing Business Partner. With more than 20 years’ experience across marketing, consumer services, digital industries and recruitment, she brings a deep understanding of how strong relationships and effective communication drive a company’s continued growth and service excellence.
In her role, Lorna leads on marketing activity across all offices to ensure we communicate clearly with both existing and prospective clients. She supports our communications and business development strategies, helps raise the profile of the firm, and works to attract new clients across all practice areas. Her team also oversees corporate sponsorships, hospitality initiatives and media relations.
After graduating from Chichester University with a degree in Media Studies & English, Lorna built her career in marketing roles spanning hospitality, events and international digital sector recruitment. This diverse background has fuelled her enthusiasm for digital innovation and the ever evolving landscape of modern marketing.
Lorna is driven by strategic thinking and the power of strong brand presence. As her career has evolved, she has moved increasingly into strategy, business development and brand management, applying her experience across professional services to help shape long term growth and client engagement. She enjoys developing clear, purposeful marketing approaches and working collaboratively across teams to strengthen the firm’s market position.
Her background in digital marketing and communications still informs her work, but her focus is now firmly on broader strategic initiatives, relationship building and brand development.
Energised by creative problem solving and thoughtful planning, she enjoys partnering with a diverse range of stakeholders from large organisations to smaller businesses and individual clients to deliver meaningful, insight led outcomes.
Outside of work, Lorna enjoys spending time with her husband and children, taking part in a variety of exercise classes, and has completed numerous half marathons along with two full marathons her favourite being the iconic Beachy Head Marathon. She’s also an avid reader with a love for almost any genre.
Helen has 20 years length of service with Mayo Wynne Baxter with serving 10 years in her current role as Database and Compliance Manager. She leads a team of 7 who are experienced in all areas of compliance.
We deal with all Anti Money Laundering/CDD checks for all clients and produce the electronic file for our Legal Advisors to work on once instructed by the client.
David is Mayo Wynne Baxter’s Senior Partner and works within the Firm’s Commercial Real Estate and Company/Commercial Teams. With over 30 years experience advising SME clients across, in the main, the South East,
David has forged a reputation for his pragmatic, plain English, no nonsense approach.
With a Law Degree from The University of Birmingham, David has been with the Firm since qualification back in 1994. Over the years David has acted for a wide variety of SME businesses, with particular emphasis on complex and/or higher value real estate and corporate transactions . His large client following has been built on a wealth of experience across a wide range of industries, particularly in the hospitality and leisure industry. He is renowned for his ability to project manage transactions, guiding clients through them in a way that focuses on issues that really matter and, where possible, the ability to find swift pragmatic solutions.
David has for many years been a non-executive director of a small chain of hotels. Married with 4 grown up children, David enjoys all sports and continues to turn out for Eastbourne Hockey Club’s 5th Team on a weekly basis.
For a no obligation initial chat, David can be contacted on the above telephone number or via email.
“There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to clients and/or transactions I have always looked to tailor the service and advice to suit the client, utilising my skills, knowledge and experience to ensure that the client achieves its goals”
Dianne is a experienced paralegal who has worked in various law firms since 1982. For the past 25 years Dianne and has gained invaluable experience in family law which enables her to provide empathy and understanding towards prospective clients who are reassured and supported from their very first contact with the firm.
Dianne’s experience enables her to provide a structured calm empathetic support to those individuals or families going through challenging times by listening and gathering essential information relating to divorce, separation, child arrangements and domestic abuse matters.
She work’s closely with the team to ensure a good first impression of the service is provided.