Nigel is an experienced residential development solicitor and affordable housing specialist. He has a strong legal and managerial background in volume house-building and was formerly company solicitor for Redrow Homes (SE) Ltd, and group legal director for Pivotal Homes in Bournemouth, a group which includes a registered provider of social housing.

He is a director of Future Housing Initiative Ltd, exploring ways in which the supply of affordable housing can be accelerated using commercial principles, and a director of Grevayne Social Housing Limited.

Experience

• Negotiating and preparing documentation for all development transactions, including strategic land options, conditional contracts, overage agreements, section 106 agreements.
• Advising on questions relating to the provision of affordable housing through the section 106 framework and relevant planning law.
• Acquiring and disposing of high-volume residential development sites.
• Dealing with substantial portfolio sales to investment funds.