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Forsters LLP Offices
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Sara Branch
Work Department
Commercial Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Sara Branch is a Partner in the Commercial Real Estate team. Her practice focuses on commercial property work with a particular emphasis on the acquisition and development of large and complex mixed use sites for registered providers, private developers and pension funds. She also has extensive experience in shopping centre development and management and other landlord and tenant matters.
Sara acts for her registered provider clients on their more complex projects involving multi party joint ventures, profit-sharing arrangements, development and construction documents, tax structures to accommodate tax savings as well as covering all fundamental planning and construction issues.
Sara is ranked in Chambers UK 2023.
Before joining the firm, Sara was Of Counsel at Orrick’s London office.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
The affordable housing practice at Forsters LLP supports registered providers, developers, and contractors with a range of mandates, from the acquisition of land and the development process, to joint ventures, financing, and related disputes. Practice head Sara Branch has notable expertise in the acquisition and development of large and complex mixed-use sites. Branch is ably supported by Jonathan Preece, whose strength lies in planning and construction issues, and Anne O’Neill, who is skilled in large portfolio acquisitions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Planning
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers