Birketts LLP

Commercial Property

Partner

Steven qualified as a Solicitor in 1999 and joined Birketts in September 2014. He has a broad background with over 15 years’ experience in commercial and residential property, including almost ten years in the residential development teams of two national law firms, specialising in residential and mixed use developments.

Steven specialises in acting for the major national housebuilders and heads our Housebuilder Sector Group  – a team of experts acting for national and local developers across all of Birketts’ offices.

Steven’s expertise includes portfolio sales and acquisitions, corporate acquisitions and disposals, strategic land issues, including land assemblies, option and overage agreements, promotion, co-operation and collaboration agreements. His work also involves dealing with funding, development and infrastructure agreements.

Steven is regularly involved in the detailed set-up of large developments for plot disposals and deals with rent charge schemes, management company set-up and structures and affordable housing sales, including umbrella and golden brick schemes. Steven takes great pride in seeing a site he has worked on fully developed and occupied.