‘Devonshires’ team has excellent social housing and regulated sector experience. This gives confidence that the advice will be focussed around a strong understanding of that operating environment. This sets them above other lawyer practices for me – they are my ‘go to’.’

‘The Devonshires team has great strength in terms of areas of expertise and levels of experience. It means that work can be allocated to someone with the right area of expertise and the right level of experience. The Devonshires team is the best in these respects in the sector. If I was in a management role in a social housing provider, Devonshires would be my first point of call for legal issues.’

‘Donna McCarthy has fantastic communication skills with her clients. She makes sure that she understands what their needs are. Lee Russell has really strong analytical skills and is comfortable with complex multi faceted cases. He recently managed a case in which the whole of a recent development had to be vacated. He secured great results for his client.’

‘Devonshires have a wide range of experienced partners who can assist with matters that arise across the affordable housing and RP sectors.’

‘Neil Toner is an excellent head of real estate. He is able to communicate complex points with clarity and has wide experience within the sector. He has successfully guided us through a number of complex transactions over recent years.’

‘They have a very diverse team, that allows any legal problem to be handled by the team, this means we can have certainty when we ask a question we will get a whole answer.’

‘In-depth understanding of the social housing sector in both not for profit and the growing for profit provider space. Trowers’ ability to bring a width and depth of expertise to each area of discussion, as well as added value beyond any brief, is invaluable.’

‘Tonia Secker is an excellent lead for Trowers, very responsive, well-informed and connected, which she uses creatively to problem-solve.’

‘Sharron Webster – innovative, forward-thinking, always focused on how can you! Sharron gains a real understanding of your business and always has this knowledge at the forefront of her mind, enabling connections and networks to form and driving collaboration where there is a shared value across the sector.’

‘The Trowers team are always very well-organised and prepared for all meetings. They’ve had internal cross discipline conversations in advance of any of our legal meetings, meaning that we get efficient and rounded advice. They are a proactive team, identifying potential issues and flagging these early. Using outstanding issues lists to highlight and focus on key commercial elements to draw negotiations to swift conclusions.’

‘Amy Shaw – Always a pleasure to work with. Very attentive and goes above and beyond to ensure the client is fully briefed, aware of the commercial concerns and informed ahead of making decisions. Extremely knowledgeable about social housing and many of the complexities of grant funding, planning and regulation in a market where parameters are regularly changing.’

‘They understand the client brief, and challenge and explain things in a customer friendly way, which anyone can understand. It is a breadth of fresh air not to have complicated ‘legalese’.

‘The team are excellent in social housing, construction contracts, joint venture documentation and land purchase agreements. We use Trowers for the more complex schemes because of their breadth and depth of experience and UK wide presence. Their procurement advice is always excellent.’

‘Bespoke specialist services staff with extensive experience in the industry, but in particular the for-profit RP sector, which is a new emerging sector. Work in partnership to understand your business model, and how they can bring added value to this. Fair and transparent billing service’

‘Great team, very positive and result focused. Led by people who want to find solutions to issues and who are transparent and this emanates through the rest of the team. Whenever we have an issue, the Capsticks team always try and find a speedy answer and one that involves consultation with us and open discussion about the issue at hand.’

‘Straightforward communication, open to time delay improvements, James Howard and Chimi Shakohoxha are exceptional leaders who make our life easier every day.’

‘The team are exceptionally responsive and commercially aware. The litigation team are also strong and the support on a recent contentious matter was invaluable. Billing is dealt with in a very mature way.’

‘Chimi Shakohoxha and James Howard are stand-out impressive given their responsiveness, advice and commercially aware drafting’

‘This team’s strength is the quality of its people. The service is first-rate. Everyone in the team is knowledgeable, helpful, proactive and client-focused. Our cases are dealt with efficiently and the team take absolute pride and delight in keeping our costs to a minimum! We have 100% confidence in the Capsticks team and they are a joy to work with.’

‘Katrina Robinson – for her unflinching professionalism and sharp insight. We really value her, and the work she has done for us is nothing short of outstanding. I’ve never known disrepair cases to be dispatched with such ruthless efficiency. Her advice is clear, pragmatic, concise, and always super-helpful. She’s a force of nature!’

‘Lucy Worrall is outstanding.’

‘Anthony Collins people talk to us in a language we understand, present their thoughts/options articulately and provide us with their recommendation and the reasons for that. They have taken time to get to know us and who we are and how we work and feel as if they are part of the company.’

‘The team are extremely knowledgeable, personable, pragmatic and efficient.’

‘Andrew Shaw is very friendly and approachable, and has a huge wealth of experience to draw upon. He is innovative in that he works to find the best solution to your problems.’

‘Jonathan Turner is quietly reassuring, both in his manner and with his advice. He has a wealth of experience which he draws on to ensure the best outcomes for his clients.’

‘Adaptability to change and take on board complex instructions.’

‘They listen, discuss and agree the solutions. The team have dealt with varying land issues in the past year with success and compliance with our directions’

‘Down to earth, approachable, accessible / responsive, knowledgeable and pragmatic when it comes to negotiating fees and taking a view if projects aborted.’

‘Charlie Proddow: highly personable and responsive, going the extra mile to be of assistance and often taking a commercial view on work in progress verse emerging work. Prepared to discuss downside / abortive project risk and strike an excellent balance of give and take.’

‘The support on property, strategic partnership agreements, joint ventures and development agreements is second to none. The recent support on a major stock sale was invaluable.’

‘Charlie Proddow has incredible attention to detail which never diminishes even when the transaction gets hard. Their support on a major stock transfer which included negotiations with HE and the GLA, a development agreement, warranty agreements and assignment of build contracts was outstanding. Advice is quick and commercially astute. They are an asset in any negotiation.’

‘The team at Winckworths work collaboratively with each other to provide advice in a timely manner, seeking assistance from their colleagues with another specialisms as appropriate to try and assist as best they can.’

‘Kate Silverman has assisted on some complex land matters and she goes to great lengths to explain the legal issues in a way that non-legal people will understand.’

‘The Clarke Willmott team were far more communicative than any other practice I have progressed work with previously. They were quick to identify pitfalls and open to acknowledging additional resource need where that became necessary. Always courteous, they progressed the actions required with vigour and capability. I do not have any involvement in the billing process but also recognised that they were very good value.’

‘They always respond to requests for additional pressure and hasteners and ensure the smooth progress of the action in hand.’

‘The team at Clarke Willmott have assisted us with various contractual requirements in the last few years. All matters have been dealt with quickly, diligently and in a professional manner each time. We would therefore highly recommend them to others in the future.’

‘As well as providing an excellent legal service they run regular CPD webinar sessions which are of great value.’

‘Kary Withers – always available at short notice and provides expert advice’

‘The quality and depth on knowledge give me comfort. Never do they stray into areas they are not trained in and will always provide internal support when necessary. Their knowledge within their expertise is excellent.’

‘Kate Silverman has excellent knowledge and understanding of commercial property law and provides clear advice considering all the outcomes. Her attention to detail is second to none.’

‘I’ve used London based solicitors before and have been disappointed by the service. Penningtons, however, made me feel at every point like the most important client they had, and certainly not a number.’

‘They were responsive, professional and realistic about what could be achieved and in what timescale. Updates on progress are regular and without the need to request. At all times you feel like they are acting in your best interests.’

‘Easy to work with knowledgeable solicitors.’

‘Penningtons are professional and very responsive and always seem able to help.’

‘I have mostly worked with Andrew Casstles. He is professional, easy to get along with and understands the RP world very well. Always pitching the discussions and advice at the correct level for my team who are relatively new to development to understand and make informed choices.’

‘We consistently get good understandable advice from the team.. They understand our needs and tailor the advice accordingly’

‘The team provides a blanket of support that isn’t just reliant on one individual and as such we get access to support quickly and effectively. We really feel they have our best interests at heart and have 100% trust in their advice and outputs.’

‘The individuals within the team are professional, diligent and appear very happy in their work. They give the impression of a happy and integrated team.’

‘TLT has a huge breadth of expertise. Extremely professional and approachable and great to work with.’

‘The team are extremely capable and experienced; hard working with excellent client care skills, calm, capable and thorough.’

‘Birketts’ team has had the massive boost of two partners, Jonathan Hulley and Clive Adams, joining from Capsticks. They are really forging the march to put Birketts firmly on the map when it comes to providing a full, one-stop service to social housing clients.’

‘The firm have strong IT and case management processes ensuring key snippets of important information do not get buried in an electronic jungle or mass of paper on a file.’

‘Jonathan Hulley’s client care is outstanding: clients appreciate that they are receiving a truly tailored service from trusted professionals at competitive rates.’

‘Clive Adams heads up the Housing and Asset Management team sitting under Jonathan. He is the rarest of things in social housing – a true expert in service charge. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the case law and statutory provisions of relevance, and there is no safer pair of hands to be on a service charge dispute.’

‘I’m very impressed by Clive Adams’ knowledge of civil procedure and especially its application to social housing. He is a very enthusiastic and energetic fighter against the plague of CFA disrepair claims that social landlords suffer.’