Guy Sackett > Irwin Mitchell > Chichester, England > Lawyer Profile

Irwin Mitchell
THOMAS EGGAR HOUSE
FRIARY LANE
CHICHESTER
PO19 1UF
England
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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Guy is a partner in our real estate development team with over 20 years experience in commercial and residential development. His focus over the past five years has been on large scale residential and mixed use regeneration schemes.

He also has significant expertise in the strategic land and student accommodation sectors, having acted for a number of leading developers, promoters and operators.

Guy is also currently active in the retirement living and build-to-rent sectors. In recent years

Guy has acted on a number of significant transactions including:
-Advising on the £58 million forward sale by Quintain Estates of 600 student accommodation units at Wembley
-Advising on the £180 million regeneration of North Street Quarter in Lewes
-The promotion of a strategically significant Sussex site for delivery of up to 1,500 residential units, together with leisure and care facilities
-Advising a Welbeck Land joint venture on the disposal of the award winning The Green Student Village, Bradford for a sum in excess of £40 million
-Advising on the acquisition and development of a prominent mixed use gateway site in Leicester valued at approximately £50 million
-Advising City College Brighton and Hove on its proposed £40 million development of its city centre campus to include 442 purpose built accommodation units.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Hampshire

The real estate team at Irwin Mitchell is headed by Guy Sackett in Crawley. Samuel Mann is a key contact within the Southampton office, regularly advising housebuilders on residential development projects. The Hampshire practice often collaborates with the Chichester team, which includes Sam Knight and Tina Webster. In particular, Knight is noted for his experience advising developers on nutrient neutrality schemes.

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Led by Guy Sackett, the team at Irwin Mitchell in Crawley offers a ‘very personal and quick service’. The firm advises a range of clients including development companies and landowners on a mixture of regeneration, residential and industrial sites. Sam Knight in Chichester is a go-to contact for his biodiversity net gain and nutrient neutrality practice, advising on the creation of schemes for both landowners and developers. Also in Chichester, Tina Webster regularly advises on strategic development agreements regarding large green field estates, while Hannah Nix in Crawley is a key name noted for her experience in sales and acquisitions, landlord and tenant work and secured lending matters.