Carina Cobbold > Mills & Reeve LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
1 St James Court
WHITEFRIARS
NORWICH
NR3 1RU
England
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Work Department

Real estate.

Position

Carina is a real estate partner and specialises in structuring and delivering large scale, mixed use, residential led communities/strategic sites, real estate led joint venture agreements and large scale cross-office projects (including managing large scale portfolios for clients of circa 500 properties). Her development expertise involves advising upon all aspects of development work including: site assembly, development agreements, land sales/purchases, promotion agreements, collaboration/consortium and land owner agreements, overage agreements, leases and discussions and negotiations with third parties (utility providers and local authorities) in relation to infrastructure and statutory agreements. The other side of Carina’s practice involves her helping clients structure, fund and then project manage volume acquisitions and disposals. Such projects span multiple disciples, may involve different jurisdictions, requires a close working relationship with the client’s board, tax, planning and environmental consultants, and are often time critical.  Carina also leads our Patient Capital arm of our Real Estate Investment Sector which means she works alongside many stakeholders on emerging themes in this sphere, commenting on potential new structures both within the Strategic Land remit and on matters such as the Stewardship Model.

Career

Trainee solicitor Eversheds 2003-05; newly qualified Mills & Reeve LLP 2005-06; solicitor 2006-08; senior solicitor 2008-10; associate 2010-14; partner 2014.

Education

Hammonds High School, Swaffham, Norfolk 1993-97; Swaffham Sixth Form Centre 1997-99; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University 1999-2002 (Law LLB – First Class Honours – 2002); Nottingham Law School 2002-03 (LPC – Distinction – 2003).

Leisure

Swimming, attending the gym and skiing.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich

(Leading partners)

Carina Davis  – Mills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP has a cross-office practice that has a heavy concentration of talent in Norwich, where practice heads Caroline Dean and Carina Davis are standout partners for development projects and strategic land matters. The firm has ‘a very large widely skilled practice with a good range of specialists available to provide advice‘. Among the many highly regarded partners are mixed-use development specialist Anna Aldous, residential development expert  Zoe Cooke, portfolio acquisition adviser Lisa-Marie Kennedy, corporate real estate structuring specialist David Siddall, and principal associate Judy Day, who handles education sector projects. Cooke recently advised Lendlease on a £250m residential project at Elephant Park, London.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment

Mills & Reeve LLP is highly adept in providing asset and portfolio transactional and management support to its varied clientele. Laura Holdaway leads the practice and is an adept advisor in finance matters. Carina Davis is a specialist in mixed-use sites. Orla O’Sullivan is noted for her work on forward fundings and pre-lets. Sarah Cooke, Tom Nash and Victoria Davies made partner in June 2023.