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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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Real Estate and Projects
Position
Jonathan co-heads the Real estate and Projects team. He has worked with clients on a variety of development projects from large scale regenerations to the delivery of a single new property. His work covers advising clients on a wide spectrum of documentation including JV agreements, development agreements, option agreements, conditional contracts, planning agreements and managing disposals of completed developments for Registered Providers and private developers.
Jonathan also works closely with our corporate and governance team in relation to ensuring that clients have the right structures in place to deliver and fund their development programmes. This includes interacting with regulatory bodies and commercial lending institutions to ensure that client objectives are not delayed.
Education
University of Sussex (LLB Hons); College of Law.
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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.'
Key clients
- Sage Homes
- Your Housing Group Limited / Avantage (Cheshire) Limited
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.