Linda Storey > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Basingstoke, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
Matrix House
Basing View
BASINGSTOKE
RG21 4DZ
England
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Linda Storey
Work Department
Social housing.
Position
Linda heads the firm’s social housing team. She has over 20 years’ experience and specialises in advising housing providers on acquisitions, disposals, associated planning agreements, home ownership transactions (both affordable and outright sale) and lease extensions, as well as advising on Right to Buy and Right to Acquire. Linda has strong relationships with clients including the Peabody Group, L&Q, Bromford, Paragon Asra and Vivid Housing. She pioneers initiatives for clients designed to help individuals to move into affordable home ownership and increased delivery from new providers to the sector. Linda is a regular contributor to sector publications and regularly speaks at leading sector conferences.
Career
Edwards Duthie; Penningtons 1999 to date; partner 2005 to date.
Memberships
Social Housing Law Association; Women in Social Housing; Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).
Education
Business law (LLB).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Social housing
(Leading individuals)Counting local authorities, housing associations, and financial services providers amongst its key clients, the Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP social housing team is described as ‘extremely dedicated and professional’. The practice routinely handles complex section 106 agreements and manages commercial property portfolios, with Basingstoke-based head Linda Storey specialising in advising housing providers on acquisitions and disposals. Having joined the firm as a partner from Perrin Myddelton in September 2022, Sanjeev Shah brings vast expertise in developments, acquisitions and investments to the Oxford office. In Reading, Eugene Wojciechowski focuses on relevant employment law issues, while Basingstoke-based Charlotte D’Avola handles large-scale securitisation transactions. Senior associates Laura McCann and Catherine Bradshaw are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals South East > Real estate > Social housing
- Social housing South East > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery