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Social housing: local authorities and registered providers

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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Housing associations, investors, developers, and local authorities are all counted amongst the client base of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP's social housing team. Its offering encompasses advice on a wide variety of mandates, from development, acquisitions, planning, and construction matters, to joint ventures, maintenance, and asset management mandates. London-based Andrew Casstles and Linda Storey in Basingstoke jointly head up the team, and are ably supported by Mark Sellers, who specialises in assisting registered providers with acquisitions, and Ben Robinson, who is active in the litigation space.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘We’re very happy working with the Penningtons team. They are great at understanding what we want, identifying any issues and, importantly, providing solutions. They are commercially minded, but never miss a detail.’

  • ‘Andrew Casstles leads the development team well, is always available to provide an overview or additional advice, understands our requirements and always delivers.'

  • ‘Penningtons has a very strong social housing team that acts for large institutional landlords and housing associations. It has a strong team of lawyers.’

  • ‘Sara Stephens joined Penningtons last year and is a real asset. She has experience and expertise in social housing matters. She is great with clients.’

  • ‘Andrew Casstles and the team have become my first point of call for all property-related matters over a number of years. They understand our requirements and all our appetite for risk.'

Key clients

  • Paragon Asra Housing
  • Newlon Housing Trust and Newlon Build Limited
  • Peabody Trust
  • Peabody Construction Limited
  • CBRE UK Affordable Housing Fund
  • Hightown Housing Association
  • Optivo
  • bpha Limited
  • Saxon Weald
  • Accent Housing

Work highlights

Acting for the respondent in the Supreme Court case of Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd and another v Williams and others.
Advised Wandle Housing Association on the conditional acquisition and forward funding development agreement of 64 affordable housing dwellings in a new landmark high-rise tower in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Advised Sovereign Network Homes on the negotiation of two land agreements and a development agreement for the acquisition of 114 S106 units (shared ownership and affordable rent) at Land North of Merley, Wimborne.

Lawyers

Practice head

Linda Storey; Andrew Casstles

Other key lawyers

Mark Sellers; Peter Massey; Ben Robinson; Tom Manderson; James Hallas; Charlotte Benson-Goring; Sara Stephens

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