Howes Percival LLP

Commercial Property

Will is a Partner in the Commercial Property team specialising in development projects where he acts for developers (including well-known regional and national house builders), landowners and promoters on residential and commercial developments.

Will’s expertise encompasses site acquisitions and disposals, strategic land agreements, landowner and developer collaboration agreements, overage deeds, buy-back arrangements and pre-emption deeds. He is known for having a pragmatic and collaborative approach to his advice and to his approach to transactions more generally.

Recent work examples include:

- Acting for a consortium of landowners on a largescale joint promotion venture for primarily residential development. - Acting for a regional housing association on the acquisition of a site for affordable housing from multiple landowners on a ‘site assembly’ basis. - Acting for a landowner granting an option to a household supermarket operator for the development of a new supermarket and small business park.

2026 - Present: Partner, Howes Percival LLP 2024 - 2026: Director, Howes Percival LLP 2022 - 2024: Senior Associate, Howes Percival LLP 2019 - 2022: Associate, Howes Percival LLP 2017 - 2019: Trainee Solicitor, Clapham & Collinge LLP 2016 - 2017: Legal Practice Course, BBP Cambridge 2015 - 2017: Paralegal, Clapham & Collinge LLP

2012 - 2015: Law (LLB), University of East Anglia