Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Social Housig

Legal Director

With over 12 years experience advising the affordable housing sector, Anita specialises in property development and regeneration for registered providers, focusing particularly on development site acquisitions, site assemblies and stock disposals.

Typical examples of her work include carrying out due diligence for site acquisitions and the negotiation of project documentation including joint ventures with private developers, development agreements, provisions including overage and clawback or scheme specific bespoke clauses, general advice and negotiating and advising on exclusivity agreements, option agreements, land agreements (including subject to planning sites and sub-sale arrangements), promotion agreements, lease renewals and transfers / leases.

Anita works closely with the Head of Department on large-scale projects and is heavily involved in the day-to-day management of the Social Housing Development Team.