Main image: Priya Rawal, founder of The Luxury Property Forum
'2022 has to be the year to educate and understand each other and promote diversity and equal opportunity'
Priya Rawal, founder of the Luxury Property Forum, shares her insights on the prime residential industry and predictions for the year ahead.
Priya is a senior construction lawyer, who has worked on some of the UK’s most prestigious and high value luxury development projects including One Hyde Park, Neo Bankside and Westminster Fire Station. She works closely with funders, developers, contractors, consultants and HNWI's on high end residential and hotel developments. Over the years, after having connected various people in the luxury property industry and long lasting relationships being forged, she established The Luxury Property Forum, the official forum for the luxury property sector.
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