UK law firm Ashfords has appointed legal directors Rebecca Dixon and Tanya Edmonds to its housebuilding and development team, boosting the team's expertise across all areas of housing development.
Rebecca specialises in land development projects, advising on the initial purchase through to development and plot sales. She has experience advising on title defects, third-party rights acquisition, drainage, highway regulations and licensing.
Tanya joins Ashfords from the development team at a national law firm, with over 10 years' experience in all aspects of acquisitions and development projects for registered providers and private SME developers. She has a particular focus on acting for registered providers in connection with s106 acquisitions, land and build transactions, and associated intra-company arrangements.
Ashfords' housebuilding and development team works with the full housing development supply chain across the UK, including private developers, housebuilders, social housing providers, construction businesses, land owners, land promoters and land agents. Recent work for the team includes supporting Wichelstowe LLP across multiple service lines, as it creates a new community of circa 2750 homes. The team has also helped independent housebuilder Bunnyhomes in connection with multiple sites on a "cradle to grave" basis. The team also includes plot sales teams acting for both private developers and registered providers, dealing with over 1200 plot completions during the last calendar year.
Kate Topp, partner and head of real estate at Ashfords, said:
"It's great to have Rebecca and Tanya onboard, strengthening our housebuilding and development expertise across all areas of housing development from acquisition and disposal of housing developments to complex litigation and tenancy management issues. At Ashfords we’re committed to getting under the skin of the housebuilding sector and helping our clients with their delivery of housing to support government targets and wider sustainable housing requirements."