Shoosmiths LLP
Lawyers
Steven Richardson
Shoosmiths LLP, Yorkshire And The Humber
- Phone +443700865548
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.shoosmiths.co.uk
Work Department
Real Estate North
Position
Steven is a Legal Director and has experience of dealing with a wide variety of real estate transactions, but with a particular emphasis on strategic land and acting for housebuilders. He has regularly advised on the drafting and negotiation of Option Agreements and Planning Promotion Agreements and the subsequent disposal of sites once planning permission has been obtained. He has also advised on the acquisition of a wide variety of residential development sites and disposals of land or completed dwellings to affordable housing providers.
Recent highlights include:-
1. Acting for a national land promoter in the promotion and subsequent disposal of a site for development of 2,500 homes in Haverhill, Suffolk.
2. Acting for a national housebuilder on the construction of a £26M bypass to serve the development of a site in Peterborough for construction of over 1,200 new homes and dealing with subsequent disposals of affordable housing.
3. Acting for regional housebuilders on a variety of site acquisitions, including by way of Conditional Contracts, Option Agreements and Promotion Agreements.
Career
Steven joined Shoosmiths in May 2020, having previously spent 28 years at Irwin Mitchell in Sheffield, with 13 of those years as a partner in the Real Estate team