Our Team

Tom has worked in private practice in Chester since 2002.  He has extensive knowledge of the North Wales and North West Commercial Property sectors having advised clients on a diverse range of assets over many years. Currently he advises clients with national portfolios including assets from Aberdeen to Southampton.

His areas of focus include retail agency, private and corporate client, strategic portfolio/asset management across all sectors. He is able to provide a comprehensive service including disposal and acquisition advice, landlord & tenant and valuations.

Tom, who was brought up on the Wirral, now lives in Chester with his wife and two young sons. He is an RICS registered valuer and past Chairman of the Chester Association of Estate Agents, Auctioneers and Surveyors. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, swimming, cooking and spending time with his family.

Mark is a registered valuer and is a surveyor at Legat Owen who provides valuation and professional services.  He has worked in the commercial property market in Manchester, Liverpool and throughout the North West for over 15 years encompassing valuation and corporate advisory roles.

Mark’s experience is in secure lending, accounts, pension and portfolio valuation markets with experience across a number of property sectors including specialisms in retail, offices, industrial and residential sectors.

Mark is a keen golfer and a member of Caldy Golf Club and is the Junior Golf Organiser for Caldy.  He spends the rest of his spare time taking his children to golf, football or hockey events around the country.

Laura Bell joined Legat Owen in February 2022 after moving back to her homeland of north Wales after 12 years of living in Scotland, where she qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.

Laura Bell is a RICS Registered Valuer and her background is in commercial valuation, however her work at Legat Owen covers a broader range of disciplines including acquisitions (in particular for her primary client Tesco), disposals, Landlord & Tenant/lease advisory work and valuation. Her clients range from large corporates to public sector bodies, property companies and private individuals.

With an interest in education and as a former member of the Board of Trustees at the University College of Estate Management (UCEM), where she herself studied, Laura Bell is also a RICS APC Assessor and is a mentor to Legat Owen’s graduates, apprentices and placement students.

Outside of work, Laura Bell is mum to her daughter Maisie and enjoys spending time with family, walking her 2 dogs, cooking for friends, playing tennis and skiing.

Will is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years expertise and experience in the North West and North Wales markets.

He has an intimate understanding of the residential development marketplace from strategic land promotion to oven-ready site disposal, end unit sales appraisal, valuation and viability. He advises on residential development land sales, valuation and strategic consultancy on schemes ranging from bespoke refurbishments to 1,000+ units.

He has a reputation for providing objective, measured, market-driven advice on residential development land sales and valuation across the North West and North Wales. He executes significant regional development land acquisitions and disposals and negotiates on complex land promotion, option and conditional contract matters.

He is also recognised as an expert witness and independent expert in residential development land valuation disputes and holds the Legal Experience Training Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence (APAEWE).

He acts as a jointly appointed independent expert, provides expert evidence under Part 35 CPR as a party appointed expert and single joint expert, as well as representing landowners and national house builders as their appointed expert in contractual valuation disputes.

Will’s personable approach has built lasting relationships with his clients. He is a trusted advisor to a number of plc, private client, property company and pension fund clients.

External professional activities include:

• RICS North West Awards – Former Chairman of Judging Panel (2015 – 2020)
• Past RICS North West Regional Board Member
• Chairman Chester Association of Property Professionals (2019 – 2020)

Natalie, a Director at Legat Owen, joined the Company in 2003, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 2006 and has over twenty years’ experience working within the Management and Professional departments.

Natalie advises clients on all aspects of property management, looking after a range of property portfolios across the North West of England and North Wales, including shopping centres, retail parades multi-occupied offices and industrial estates, on behalf of clients such as The Atmore Group, Pochin Limited, off-shore trusts and private individuals.

Natalie also advises clients on Rent Review, Lease Renewals and undertakes Valuations for a variety of purposes.

Natalie is an RICS Registered Valuer.

Sam is a Director in the commercial team working in a strategic role for key clients on a nationwide portfolio.

Sam is an experienced commercial surveyor having worked in lease consultancy and valuation across the North West, West Midlands and the London and South East market. Sam is an RICS Registered Valuer and member of the Industrial Agents Society.

Sam’s key clients include Culina Great Bear, University of Chester and banks such as Barclays, Lloyds and Handelsbanken.

Sam is originally from Greenwich in London and has lived in Chester since 2012. In his spare time, Sam enjoys hill walking in Wales, mountain biking as often as possible and watching international rugby.