With a multidisciplinary approach, the social housing team at Devonshires Solicitors LLP advises the full range of social housing providers, including registered, unregistered, privately registered, profit and non-profit providers, as well as local authorities. Four experienced partners lead the practice: Triya Maicha, who acts for registered providers on a full spectrum of housing matters; Jonathan Corris, who advises clients on large-scale regeneration projects; banking and governance expert Andrew Cowan; and Donna McCarthy, who represents social housing providers in complex litigation matters. Matthew Waters handles a broad range of commercial, corporate and regulatory matters in the sector. Other key members of the team include Jonathan Jarvis, Samantha Grix and Lee Russell.
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‘An extremely strong team full of knowledgeable and capable lawyers and support. Working with them feels like you are part of the team.’
‘Lee Russell is knowledgeable, dedicated and available with an exceptional understanding of the sector and clients' needs. A pleasure to work with and receive instructions from.'
‘The team has exceptional depth: at all levels, Devonshires provides an excellent service.’
‘Devonshires has provided a customer-focused service to my organisation and has been particularly strong with communication. They worked collaboratively and supported us throughout the whole process in a way that ensured we could anticipate and mitigate any risk as it was presented.’
Key clients
- Sage Homes
- Your Housing Group Limited / Avantage (Cheshire) Limited
- Local Space Limited
- Peabody
- Peabody
- Places for People
- Sage Homes Limited
- Simply Affordable Homes RP Limited (SAH)
- Places for People
- Sage Housing Limited and Blackstone
- Abri and Octavia Housing
- Coastal Housing Group Limited / Tai Calon Community Housing Limited / Community Housing Cymru (CHC)
Work highlights
Advised Blackstone funded entities Sage Homes and Leaf Living, who will together acquire 2915 new build homes from Vistry Group under a forward funded agreement.
Advising Sage Housing and Blackstone on the disposal of a portfolio of c.3000 shared ownership units through the sale of 100% of the ownership of one of the registered providers within the Sage group (Sage Housing Limited) to Universities Superannuation Scheme (pension fund).
Instructed by two housing associations in Wales, including CHC, their membership body, in relation to the first test case involving the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Triya Maicha; Jonathan Corris; Lee Russell; Mark Foxcroft; Matthew Waters
Other key lawyers
Jonathan Jarvis; Samantha Grix