Mourant to focus on commercial property, not residential

Thursday 04 June 2020

Mourant has announced it will be focusing its local property business on commercial real estate in future following Mark Torode's decision to retire from the partnership.

Mr Torode currently leads Mourant's Guernsey property practice, but has decided to set up his own firm, specialising in residential conveyancing going forward.

Following Mr Torode's departure, which is expected to take place in September this year, Mourant will cease to provide residential conveyancing services and will focus exclusively on the commercial real estate market.  In the meantime, the Mourant team will continue to manage and complete all existing residential conveyancing transactions.

This change in focus for Mourant's property team is a long-term strategic decision which was taken before, and independently of, the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mourant Guernsey Managing Partner, Matthew Guthrie, said: "We are pleased for Mark as he embarks on his new venture and are working closely with him to explore mutually beneficial ways in which we can work together in the future. We are also supporting Mark to ensure continuity of services to our Guernsey residential conveyancing clients during the transition period. Mark is one of the best known and leading property lawyers in Guernsey and will remain a close friend of the firm.   As a result of this decision, we have started a redundancy consultation process with the members of our property team that are affected.  This is of course a very unsettling time for those involved, and we are doing all we can to support them."  

Pictured top: Mark Torode.