Solicitor at Prettys Solicitors LLP
Rebecca Cleal
Solicitor - Senior Associate
SRA ID: 363571
Rebecca studied for both her undergraduate and masters degrees at the University of Kent at Canterbury and qualified as a solicitor in 2006. Rebecca joined Prettys in 2019 having worked for the previous 9 years as Director of Property and Legal services for a large AIM listed PLC based in Norfolk (which included acting as Company secretary and advising the board). Her experience in this role means that she has a broad commercial approach and understands how businesses think. Having also managed the Estates and Facilities team, her property knowledge extends to broader areas. Whilst Rebecca’s primary focus is commercial leasehold transactions and advice, she also has experience in commercial developments, site acquisition, auction sales, property finance and agricultural diversification options.
6th Floor, St Vincent House, St Vincent House, 1 Cutler St, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1UQ
Licensed for 18 years
Practice Areas
Commercial Property, Housing & Property, Regulations, Company & Commercial
- Regulations 25%
- Commercial Property 25%
- Housing & Property 25%
- Company & Commercial 25%
7 Client Reviews
Overall experience
- Value For Money
- Communication
- Initial Impressions
- Approachability
- Documentation Accuracy
- Legal knowledge
About Rebecca Cleal
Rebecca studied for both her undergraduate and masters degrees at the University of Kent at Canterbury and qualified as a solicitor in 2006. Rebecca joined Prettys in 2019 having worked for the previous 9 years as Director of Property and Legal services for a large AIM listed PLC based in Norfolk (which included acting as Company secretary and advising the board). Her experience in this role means that she has a broad commercial approach and understands how businesses think. Having also managed the Estates and Facilities team, her property knowledge extends to broader areas. Whilst Rebecca’s primary focus is commercial leasehold transactions and advice, she also has experience in commercial developments, site acquisition, auction sales, property finance and agricultural diversification options.
Languages Spoken: English
Contact Rebecca Cleal
Address
Prettys Solicitors LLP
6th Floor, St Vincent House
St Vincent House
1 Cutler St
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1UQ
Phone 01473 232121
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Title
Name
Duration
Associate
Prettys Solicitors LLP
?-present
Transfer of Property to new SIPP Provider
As usual Prettys had all the answers and performed the transaction in a timely manner.
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 04 December, 2023
Dear Clark We are so grateful for your kind words. Thank you for sharing this review with us. Kind regards Maddie
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Thank you we have completed!
I wanted to take today as an opportunity in thanking yourself & team member Paul Munnings, yet again he has gone out of his way, even on his days off to get this all completed on time, continued support and advise to myself and my family.
Evening replies back to my emails…
He’s been absolutely brilliant, gone above and beyond all expectations.
You have yourself one brilliant solicitor!
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 01 April, 2022
Hi Amy, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this great review. We're very pleased that you were happy with the service received, and we will be sure to pass your praise on to Paul. Kind regards, Poppy
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Commercial Purchase
We have been very impressed with Pretty’s as a whole and the speed in which queries were dealt with, doing everything they could do push our sale through as quickly as possible.
Rebecca was very proactive in our case and clear in explaining the different legal obstacles we faced with this property purchase.
Not only were we kept up to date throughout the purchase, she worked incredibly hard and went above and beyond to push us towards completion.
Our lenders solicitors were incredibly frustrating and kept throwing up various obstacles, which Rebecca navigated through successfully, offering solutions and pushing back at the appropriate times.
Rebecca took ownership of the transaction and made every effort to push the purchase along, despite resistance she faced. We had titles and leases that were required to be removed from Land Registry, which Pretty’s continued to chase up, to ensure this was dealt with urgently, so we completed before our valuation expired.
Many thanks for all your help!
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 04 March, 2022
We are so grateful for your kind words. Thank you for sharing this review with us. Kind regards Poppy
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First Class Service
Professional, efficient and a pleasure to deal with. Would use again.
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 10 February, 2022
Thank you for sharing this review with us. We will be sure to pass your praise on to Rebecca. Kind regards, Poppy
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Great Customer Service and Attention to Detail
In 2021 we sold 19 new build properties worth some £6m with the assistance of Prettys. Rebecca has been an outstanding source of wisdom throughout the project with great advice, proactively correcting some errors from our previous engagements and a very creative approach to handling some pretty decent sized (and potentially costly) issues ranging from boundary concerns, agreements with the Highways through to disputes with residents. We at Tendering Developments Ltd and all our Group Companies value our relationship with Prettys and want to say a massive thanks to Rebecca, Graeme, Zoe, Aimee, Paul, Ellie and all others involved in contributing to our success these last few years.
This great customer service and attention to detail has been instrumental in our instruction of Prettys in our new £14m GDV project which has just got underway.
Once again thank you all for your assistance!
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 16 December, 2021
Dear Olu Thank you for taking the time to leave us this great feedback, and we’re so glad that our Commercial Property team exceeded your expectations. Kind regards, Poppy
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Thanks Rebecca & Ellie
My first experience of Prettys and I would thoroughly recommend. I dealt with Rebecca Cleal and her paralegal Ellie Claffey and they were both very open, approachable and very knowledgeable. A pleasure to deal with.
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 01 December, 2021
We’re so happy you had a positive experience with Prettys. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. Kind regards, Poppy
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Excellent speedy service
Rebecca handled a property sale for us and we can not thank her enough. We were on a very tight time table and Rebecca managed to turn the whole process over in just two and a half weeks, whilst still managing to provide excellent, thorough advice. Would highly recommend.
Lawyer named in this review: Rebecca Cleal
A representative from Prettys Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 12 October, 2021
Dear Rebecca Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this amazing review. We really appreciate the positive comments. Kind regards, Poppy
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