The housing and regeneration team at TLT is jointly overseen by Sarah Hale and David Meecham; the former excels in residential developments, acquisitions and disposals, while the latter handles public sector developments and regeneration projects. Housing and property disputes expert Kane Kirkbride is of note, while David Isaacson has additional breadth across a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, and governance matters. Associate Tillie Clark is ‘a really great person to work with’ and is praised for her contract negotiation expertise, while managing associate Susannah Lopez-Bernal handles development work.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Invaluable detail, knowledge and advice provided by each individual instructed. Thorough and clearly very well informed to advise and can be trusted.’

  • ‘Nothing is too much trouble from the simplest query to very detailed analysis, risk advice and all round general legal advice.’

  • ‘Proactive and professional team and very approachable. Key account partner supported by extremely competent staff and access to a variety of skills and specialisms across the business.'

  • ‘Sarah Hale and her team are outstanding. Sarah takes the time to make sure you know the people in her team. It gives you the confidence of knowing who you are working with.’

  • ‘Excellent understanding of the housing sector. Excellent knowledge of key priorities of social landlords.’

  • ‘Kane Kirkbride - huge experience; very hard working, commercial and pragmatic; very personable.'

Key clients

  • Stonewater
  • The Guinness Partnership Limited
  • Sovereign Housing Association Limited
  • Elim Housing Association
  • SHAL Housing Limited
  • Curo Places Limited
  • Silva Homes Limited
  • Bromford Housing Association
  • Southern Housing Group Limited
  • Network Homes

Work highlights

  • Advising Network Homes on its disrepair cases.
  • Advising SHAL Homes on a wide range of housing management work, including possession cases and housing management advice.
  • Assisting two London local authorities with the successful resolution of a high volume of complex claims.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sarah Hale, David Meecham

Other key lawyers

Kane Kirkbride, David Isaacson, Tillie Clark, Susannah Lopez Bernal