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Brabners Chaffe Street LLP has ‘an excellent reputation and provides high-quality service’, handling governance, funding and regeneration matters. Clients include The Riverside Group, Regenda and North West Housing Services. Alistair Fletcher heads the practice, with Ian Alderson providing expertise in technically complex litigation. Associate Melanie Dirom is recommended for anti-social behaviour work.

Trowers & Hamlins LLP’s recent work includes advising One Vision Housing on its merger with Pine Court Housing, and acting for Rochdale Council on governance matters. Mike Gaskell provides ‘advice of the highest quality’. Bolton at Home, Places for People and Symphony Housing are also clients.

Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP’s strength lies in housing management issues, with team head Sarah Mansfield demonstrating ‘a real passion and expert knowledge in the field. She is clearly very committed to providing an excellent service to clients’. New clients include East Midlands Housing Group and Wolverhampton Homes.

Cobbetts LLP ‘goes the extra mile to provide commercial advice’. Led by Richard St John Williams, it advised Great Places Housing Group on a joint venture with Sheffield City Council and private sector operator Keepmoat. It also acted for Chester & District Housing Trust on establishing a new group structure with Cosmopolitan Housing Group.

Forbes has ‘very thorough knowledge of specialist areas, and inspires confidence’. Led by Stuart Penswick, who focuses on contentious work, the team also handles procurement, property and corporate matters for clients in the region and beyond, including Guinness Housing Association, Adactus, Midlands Rural Housing and Regenda.

Howarth Goodman’s social housing litigation team focuses on anti-social behaviour matters.

The ‘highly competent and experienced’ Sian Evans leads the team at Weightmans LLP, and focuses on contentious housing management issues. David Percival has ‘first-class’ expertise on property management, particularly lease negotiations. Clients include Liverpool Mutual Homes and Golden Gates Housing Trust.

Croftons Solicitors LLP’s five-partner team acts for regional and national social housing providers on property and development matters, and has specialist expertise in green energy and renewable schemes. Lucy Worrall adds ‘forward thinking’ on regeneration matters, and continues to advise on the implementation of solar energy schemes. Richard Clarke is experienced in acting for major RSLs, and has ‘an ability to understand and deliver on every level’.

Eversheds LLP’s Suzanne Gregson leads on contentious matters, with key clients including Hyde Housing, Symphony, Family Mosaic and Harvest Housing.

Hill Dickinson LLP recently acted for Riverside Group and Liverpool Housing on property acquisition matters. Practice head Peter Barlow provides ‘invaluable advice’.

Platt Halpern Solicitors’ John Stringer handles tenant-side contentious matters.

Stephensons Solicitors LLP’s Joanne Murray is ‘patient and extremely experienced’ on tenants rights issues. The practice handles disputes for both local authorities and tenants.

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