Senior Associate

Description:

We are looking for an Associate and a Senior Associate to join our Housing Development and Regeneration team based in Leeds.

About The Team

The Housing Development and Regeneration team, one of the top teams in the country, sits within our Real Estate Group, the third largest Real Estate practice in the UK.

The team comprises 12 partners, supported by a team of lawyers and paralegals, advising on all aspects of residential development and housing led regeneration.

These roles are based in our recently established Leeds office that spearheads our Housing Development and Regeneration team's operations across the north. Our Leeds team is the regional leader in all aspects of residential development across the north and is headed up by Partner Julia Field supported by eight other fee earners.

We act for house builders, mixed use developers, affordable housing providers, landowners (public and private) and investors in the residential sector. The housing sector continues to be a key area of investment for the government, supported by opposition parties, and demographic demand requires a continuing increase in supply. Our large, experienced team and excellent client base has a proven track record of resilience in times of market downturn which has enabled us to capitalise on housing sector growth during stable market periods.

Operationally the team’s areas of residential development expertise includes:
 

• acquisitions, disposals and exchanges of land and property, including serviced parcels;
• overage arrangements, and security;
• strategic work – option agreements, promotion agreements and hybrids;
• collaboration, consortium and joint venture arrangements, with related site assembly;
• planning and infrastructure agreements;
• building licences and development agreements;
• development management agreements;
• mixed use schemes, with related structuring advice;
• private rented sector;
• public sector led development schemes including regeneration
• institutional investment in the residential sector;
• investor acquisitions and disposals of residential portfolios;
• funding agreements
   

Our clients include:
 

• Major housebuilders such as Barratt, Taylor Wimpey, Vistry, Persimmon, Bloor, Miller, Crest Nicholson, Bellway, Avant and more
• High profile developers such as Harworth and Muse
• Major public sector bodies including Leeds City Council, Kirklees Council, London Borough of Barnet and West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Landowners selling to residential/mixed use developers