Well known for its work in the social housing sector, particularly on the finance front, Clarke Willmott LLP also continues to consolidate and grow its offering from the Cardiff office across a range of private sector commercial real estate matters. Clare Gregory is key to this work, as is Julia Morris, who has added notable expertise to the firm’s development side work, in particular. Social housing finance expert Vicky Kells heads up the overarching team.
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Key clients
- Orbit Group Limited
- Parc Dewi Sant Ltd
- MRF Managing Trustee No. 1 Limited and MRF Managing Trustee No. 2 Limited
- Shaw Healthcare (Group) Limited
- Linc Cymru Housing Association
- Triodos Bank UK Limited
- Hafod Housing Association
Work highlights
Acted for MRF Managing Trustee No. 1 Limited and MRF Managing Trustee No. 2 Limited, in connection with the grant of a long lease to a food/bar operator to facilitate the development of a foodhall on the site of a “landlocked” former nightclub within Duke Street and High Street Arcades Cardiff.
Advised Parc Dewi Sant Ltd on the purchase of a large site in West Wales, with a variety of occupied and vacant properties.
Advised housing association Orbit Group Limited – as part of its densification strategy - in selling almost 400 shared ownership homes with a value of £35m to Legal and General Affordable Homes Limited.
Practice head
Vicky Kells
Other key lawyers
Clare Gregory; Julia Morris; Charlotte Lord; Scott Keddle; Amanda Whatmore