Meet our team
We have a team of partners and solicitors offering different areas of legal expertise. As accredited Family Lawyers, we are able to deal with sensitive matters with expertise and compassion.
Partner: Suzanne Wilson-McMahon
Suzanne is the family expert at the Practice.
She graduated in Law from Bristol Polytechnic and did her articles in a small family firm based in the West End and North London. She qualified as a solicitor in 1983,
remaining with the same firm for some time after.
In 1986 she came to Symons and Gay as an assistant solicitor and became a Partner in 1990. Sue is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel and is the firms Family Law contract supervisor.
Partner: Edward Leland
Edward joined Midland Bank (now HSBC) in 1979 and worked for them for 10 years. In 1989 he joined the family firm Leland & Co.
In 2001 Leland & Co merged with Clarke & Norris to be known as Leland Swaby Clarke & Norris.
Edward qualified as a Legal Executive and was admitted as a Fellow in 2002. He became a Partner in 2010, and remains a Partner in the merged firm of Symons, Gay & Leland LLP.
Edward deals with all matters relating to domestic conveyancing.
Partner: Shaun Mirza
Shaun qualified as a solicitor in 2003. Shaun worked at Bennett Welch solicitors in South London from 2003 to 2014 where he specialised in residential and commercial property matters. During Shaun’s time at Bennett Welch he dealt with many complicated and high value residential and commercial property transactions.
Solicitor: Ben Willans
Ben attended the University of East London where he got his Law degree.
After working in the voluntary sector Ben practised Law.
He obtained the STEP certificate in Trusts and Estates. Ben deals with Wills, Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Trusts.