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Delivering DevelopmentLegal services for developers and housebuilders
From acquisition to disposal and everything in between – meet your development and house building teamWilliam Nassau-Lake PartnerWilliam has for many years advised clients on development transacons including acng for house builders, developers, land traders and land owners in connecon with all aspects of land, planning, joint ventures, funding structures and secured lending. wnassau-lake@ boyesturner.com 0118 952 7236 07590 224 620Brian Dowling PartnerBrian acts for private and charitable developers building new homes. This involves advising on acquisions, disposals, partnering and joint ventures, sale and leasebacks, opons and promoon structures. He also specialises in mixed use development, and regeneraon and public/private partnerships. bdowling@ boyesturner.com 0118 952 7234 07780 335 618Derek Ching PartnerDerek specialises in advising land owners and developers on land development issues, including all aspects of site acquision and site assembly, secured lending to developers (for lender and borrower), environmental issues and planning law. dching@ boyesturner.com 0118 952 7217 07580 279 376Mark Appleton PartnerMark advises developers and land owners in respect of the acquision and disposal of development land. Mark also specialises in acng for o-shore trusts, handling property nance arrangements and advising on the acquision of renewable energy sites. mappleton@ boyesturner.com 0118 952 7244 07778 342 139“The team continues to provide excellent advice and support. The attention to detail and prompt turnaround of matters sets this team apart from others.”“Attention to detail and personal service levels… many years of collective experience is invaluable” The Legal 500
Award winning development and house building expertiseExeter condional acquision of care home site including access to district heangNorfolk – purchase of 17 unit residenal conversion of disused gymnasiumHerordshire disposal of strategic site for promoterSouth Oxfordshire Acquision and disposal of 20 unit scheme in GoringCotswolds – JV arrangement for development of 18 new homes and disposal of aordable housingBedfordshire Development of care home and doctors’ surgeryKent – fraconal ownership scheme to enable development of 85 unitsHerordshire acquision of 25 unit schemeDerby disposal of strategic land holdings at 600 unit schemeLondon – Airspace development about exisng commercial building – 9 unitsEast London/Dockside riverside mixed use scheme including 120 private residenal units and 2,300 m2 commercial spaceSurrey – purchase of garden centre with permission for residenal redevelopment Surrey – acquision of 36 home residenal schemeLeatherhead / Surrey Redevelopment of golf club and reservoir including documentaon for transfer of inert materialCotswolds / Oxfordshire funding and development of a 150 unit self and custom build holiday home villageOxfordshire funding and development of ground breaking 25 unit custom build passivhaus scheme and disposal of aordable housingOxfordshire – Acquision of 70 plot scheme and entry into collaboraon and planning agreementsWest Berkshire acquision of 27 unit residenal scheme. Complex JV funding arrangementsWest Berkshire – 32 unit residenal scheme with disposal of aordable housingWindsor/Berkshire acquision and redevelopment of re staon into residenal useboyesturner.com
What we doWho do we helpSectors• Site acquisions and disposals• Site assembly• Acquision and development nance• Aordable and subsidised housing• Corporate acquisions and disposals• Porolio acquisions and back-to-back sales • Construcon agreements, appointments and warranes• Ulies and highways maers • Covenants and easements • Overage and clawback • Strategic land (promoon agreements and strategic opons)• Joint ventures and shareholder agreements• Planning and infrastructure agreements• CIL• Advising on planning disputes and appeals• Property and construcon disputes• Plot sales• Rights of light• Succession and rerement planning• Terms and condions, and consumer law • Private housing – for sale and rent• Aordable housing• Care homes• Mixed use• Health care• Holiday homes• Logiscs and retail • Leisure and hospitality• Ulies• EV and Solar• Residenal and commercial developers• Investors and occupiers• Land owners• Family trusts• Land traders• Schools• Local authories• Construcon rms and contractors• Care providers• Health care providers• Lenders• Insolvency professionals• Surveyors and estate agentsboyesturner.com
Delivering development Acquision and disposal of consented sitesWe liaise directly with our client’s team to help achieve a swi and ecient process.ConstruconAdvising employers and contractors on the preparaon of construcon documents. Also advising on construcon disputes including nal account disputes and claims arising from delay and defecve workmanship including prosecung and defending Court proceedings, adjudicaon and arbitraon.Brand protecon and intellectual propertyWe advise on intellectual property disputes including abuse of copyright in plans, drawings and designs as well as the protecon of brands by enforcement of passing o claims and registraon of trademarks.Site assemblySecuring and disposing mul-parcel sites for developers and land traders oen with opons or condional contracts.Innovave StructuresAdvising on self and custom build, public private partnerships, sale and lease back and regeneraon and collaboraon agreements.DisputesAssisng land owners and developers resolving boundary and all other disputes arising from development and property ownership.Management arrangementsWe incorporate management companies and advise on the transfer of common parts.
Aordable housingWe negoate S106 Agreements and Unilateral Undertakings for the supply of aordable housing and subsidised housing units and are experienced in dealing with social housing sales and tying these into the broader disposal programme. FundingEnabling both lenders and borrowers to conclude funding and security arrangements, providing commercial soluons to key legal and commercial risks.SDLTWe provide a range of advice concerning SDLT liability and reliefs.boyesturner.comResidenal plot salesCollaborang with clients, architects, managing agents and the sales team to prepare a Legal Handbook to enable plot sales to occur on me. We then push through the sales according to our client’s programmes and promises. Infrastructure agreementsWe provide advice on highway adopon and works agreements, ensuring that these are in place in the correct development mescales.Planning & CILWe advise on all aspects of the planning process, negoate s106 planning obligaons to provide on and o-site infrastructure, as well as payment of infrastructure contribuons and advise on CIL liability and relief.Overage and clawbackNegoang overage and clawback arrangements, securing these using charges and restricons, and considering SDLT implicaons including deferral of SDLT.Covenants, easements and rights of lightAdvising on challenging and enforcing restricve covenants, easements and rights of light. Excellent relaonships with indemnity insurers, barristers and leading consultants.
What our clients say“Thinks like a property developer, does not get hung up on legalese and has an unrivalled ability to get the deal done within remarkable time scales.”Oxfordshire Housebuilder“I was extremely impressed in the manner that Angela Hutson and the plot salesteam handled the sales. She was outstanding.”Regional Housebuilder“The Boyes Turner Development Team have always provided excellent advice over a number of varied transactions which whilst ensuring our best interests are protected also seek to provide a practical and commercial solution all in a very timely manner; ever professional and proactive, I am delighted they are on our team when acquiring land.”Regional Developer“It has been great working with you and thank you for your fast, ecient and open communication. It really does make a huge dierence.”Regional Housebuilder“We receive rst class service from the Boyes Turner development and house building team. The team is strong and knowledgeable with a wealth of experience and oer a straightforward approach.”Regional Housebuilder“Their commercial approach combined with a rapid and user-friendly service has enabled us to meet deadlines and secure deals which we would have certainly otherwise missed out on. They are people that get the job done.”Freshlead, London“The element we most value is your comprehensive understanding of our business and the fact that you have always been personally available over the last fteen years.”Montpelier Estates
boyesturner.comTo learn more about the development and house building teamcall +44 (0)118 952 7246 oremail development@boyesturner.comtwier @BTDevTeamboyesturner.com