Commercial Developers

Here at Matthew Arnold & Baldwin we have many years experience in acting for developers both large and small for residential and commercial development.

The property department has a variety of lawyers with complementary skills that ensures the right level of partner, solicitor or legal executive is assigned to each case. In larger matters we form a team within the department that is dedicated to that client’s work. This ensures there is depth of skill and knowledge as well as sufficient numbers to cope with even the most demanding project. Cross departmental teams are also formed under the leadership of a client partner when more than property law skills are required.

Our aim is to ensure that we understand your commercial objectives and that we achieve them. The need for speed is understood and we rarely have a difficulty in meeting clients’ expectations. Apart from the ability to handle the work, we understand that helping your business is as much about personalities as paperwork. We are used to building close relationships with clients and their staff and are always happy to attend meetings at your offices, on site or at other locations.

Some of the matters we can help with are set out below:

• Site Acquisition and assembly whether by options, conditional contracts or company acquisition
• Setting up estate documentation
• Plot/Unit sales both freehold and leasehold
• Joint venture agreements/LLPs/SPVs. Advice on company structures for acquisitions and sales.
• s.38 and s.278 Highways Act Road Agreements, s.104 Water Act Agreements
• s.106 Planning Act agreements
• Construction Law both contentious and non contentious including arbitrations
• Planning Advice, Appeals and Enquiries, Judicial Review
• Plot purchases i.e. acting for buyers on development sites in a most efficient manner thus helping the buyer (our client) and the developer achieve a quick exchange of contracts and completion. We have a unique and very successful department dealing with this.

• Setting up and running management companies
• Enforcement action for breach of Planning permissions, listed building consents and Tree Preservation Orders.

• Release and variation of Restrictive Covenants
• Security aspects for Banks and joint venturers
• Acquisition and sales at Auctions and by tender.