Karen Edwards
Solicitor
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Partner, Head of Corporate & Commercial
SRA ID: 436809
Karen's journey to becoming a solicitor started with undertaking a LLB law degree at Surrey University and following that, the Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law. She subsequently completed her training contract with Frettens, qualifying into the corporate and commercial team. Since then, she has progressed from Assistant Solicitor to Associate status, and she is now Head of Department and Partner of the firm.
She specialises in all aspects of non-contentious company transactions including mergers, acquisitions and sales and can also assist with internal company reorganisations from share exchanges or share buybacks, to capital reduction demergers. She has a wealth of experience in a variety of commercial contracts, covering areas such as terms and conditions, franchising, shareholder, partnership and LLP arrangements, personal guarantees, facility and security related agreements and joint venture development agreements.
The Saxon Centre, 11 The Saxon Centre, Bargates, BH23 1PZ
Licensed for 14 years
Practice Areas
Commercial Property, Company & Commercial, Dispute Resolution
Brilliant
What could have been an incredibly stressful situation was made immeasurably easier with the help of Michelle, Karen and Hannah. All of them giving sound advice, great with communication and clarity in navigating the unknown for us as a company. Could not recommend more highly.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 30 January, 2025
Thank you for leaving us such a lovely review Hannah. We appreciate all the feedback. Your kind words have been passed onto the team and we look forward to working closely with you again soon :)
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Very smooth and straightforward experience
Karen provided a very smooth and straightforward service from beginning to end. I cannot fault the experience and we were able to complete in good time.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 30 January, 2025
Thank you for the review Kieran, we appreciate all the feedback. We are always glad to hear that you had a straightforward experience with us. Your kind words have been passed onto Karen and the team :)
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Care home purchase
I wasn’t given the service I was promised and charged more than Initially quoted and the contact promised wasn’t scalable and had to deal with juniors rather than the solicitor was said she would personally deal with my case . It was a horrible experience and sufficient advise wasn’t given
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 10 January, 2025
Saieja Karen has worked with you over a number of months, often in very challenging circumstances, to get your transaction completed. She was extremely disappointed to read your review having worked so hard to get the deal over the line. To provide some clarity: It was highlighted to you at the outset that some more junior solicitors would work on your transaction under Karen’s supervision. This is standard on this size of transaction. To claim you were not given sufficient advice is completely untrue. You were given some very specific and detailed advice (both verbally and in writing) that you chose to ignore. You insisted on pressing ahead with a transaction against your solicitor’s explicit advice not to proceed. It then went wrong in the exact way you were advised that it would. Your transaction then required significantly more work due to further complications from third parties involved, none of which were due to our own failings. Despite all of this, and us spending more than double the originally estimated amount of time on your file, you were still charged no more than originally quoted.
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Commercial business sale
Frettens assisted us with the sale of our business and freehold property.
We found them to be professional, approachable and extremely efficient.
We valued their advice and guidance and would not hesitate to use them again.
Thank you Karen and team.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 22 August, 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Katherine! We have passed your comments on to the team.
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Efficient and Professional Service
I engaged with Frettens on recommendation and were not disappointed. I have to say everything was very smooth efficient and have no hesitation in recommending Karen Edwards.
Thank you
Ian Pratt
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 15 July, 2024
Thank you for leaving such a great review for Karen. We're so pleased to hear that you would recommend her!
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Understood my issue/situation, and worked quickly to address it.
My case was messy and unusual. The contract Frettens had drafted at the outset afforded me accountability and recourse in law.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 17 May, 2023
Thank you for your kind review. We're so glad that we could hep with your matter and will pass on the great feedback to your solicitors.
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Professional, helpful and knowledgeable
Karen was professional and so knowledgeable guiding us through the process of selling our company. I would have no hesitation in recommending Frettens, especially Karen Edwards.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 23 March, 2023
Thank you for leaving such a glowing review for Karen! We will be sure to pass it on to her.
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Real humans with legal expertise
I have instructed Karen at Frettens several times and have received outstanding service each time. This is a very busy person within a very busy department, but each time I have had huge amounts of contact, emails and advise within timescales I would not have expected. They are committed to getting their client where they need/want to be. The advice leaves me feeling like I am in control and well informed so able to make the right decision for my business. The advice is also personnel, detailed and feels full of quality. They have acted in both purchases and sales of business for me and will continue to as we look to build our business.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 11 January, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a great review - we have passed it on to Karen :) We also look forward to working with you again in the future !
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Excellent experience
Extremely friendly & helpful. Nothing has been too much and kept us updated the whole way through. Great time keeping and we would highly recommend.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 09 November, 2022
Thank you for leaving a review - We're happy to hear your experience was excellent!
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Excellent
I cannot recommend Karen and her team highly enough. I felt cared for and was fully informed throughout for a long winded and tricky sale. Exceptional Service.
Lawyer named in this review: Karen Edwards
A representative from Frettens LLP responded to this review on 25 October, 2022
We're glad to hear our service was exceptional - We will be sure to let Karen and the team know :)
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