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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 social housing practice at Forsters LLP, led by sector expert Sara Branch, is a one-stop shop for registered providers, developers, and contractors. The team handles acquisitions, financing, and joint ventures, as well as significant transactions, such as housing association mergers. Jonathan Preece represents registered providers on housing stock transfers, which is a growing area in the sector. Anne O’Neill‘s practice ranges from the acquisition of street properties to structured developments and joint venture arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- 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
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development