With a solid roster of housing associations, Devonshires Solicitors LLP hosts a full-service offering, with the practice’s activity spanning from real estate development work to advice on property security elements and housing management to tenanted portfolio transactions. Gary Grigor advises on financial instruments and arrangements; Chris Drabble handles property security on transactions; and Eled Yasdi works closely with social housing providers on their transactions. The three lead the practice alongside Kirsty Thompson. Another key contact in the team is Zoe McLean-Wells, who covers housing management.
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Key clients
- Your Housing Group
- Peabody Trust
- London & Quadrant Housing Trust
- Wandle Housing Association
- SettleParadigm
- Progress Housing Group
- Places for People
- Yorkshire Housing
- Anchor Hannover
- Onward Homes
Work highlights
Advised L&Q Housing Trust in the largest social housing tenanted property transfer between two social housing providers comprising 3,500 tenanted properties to SettleParadigm.
Advising social housing provider Onward Homes on their recent refinance, which involved a £190m term and revolving credit.
Acting for Peabody in the regeneration and redevelopment of West Thamesmead for mixed-use development, delivering circa 1,900 new homes, including the acquisition of over 750 affordable homes to be built on the site.
Lawyers
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Chris Drabble
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Practice head
Elad Yasdi; Gary Grigor; Chris Drabble; Kirsty Thompson
Other key lawyers
Natalie Swales; Zoe McLean-Wells; Charlotte Ingram