Stuart Allen | Senior Partner | Paris Smith LLP Skip to content

Stuart Allen

Senior Partner

My experience

Senior Partner

As Senior Partner of Paris Smith LLP, I am responsible for the overall direction and success of the firm. My role includes:

  • overseeing and strengthening the firm’s brand;
  • contributing to and implementing the firm’s strategic vision;
  • ensuring our purpose is delivered in a way that is relevant, responsive and reliable for our clients and communities;
  • inspiring our people to achieve their full potential and feel engaged, supported and fulfilled;
  • building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders; and
  • ensuring an excellent and consistent client experience.

Prior experience – Property Finance and Management

I began my career with Paris Smith as a paralegal in the late 1990s, training with the firm following an earlier career in banking. This background has given me a strong commercial perspective, which I bring to the firm’s well-established property practice.

Over the course of my career, I have developed extensive expertise acting for high street banks, specialist property lenders and private lenders within the property finance sector. I have built long-standing client relationships spanning more than 20 years and have played a key role in developing, training and leading a highly regarded team in this area.

Alongside this, I have contributed to the wider management and growth of the firm’s property department.