Heads of the sector
Vicky Kells
Partner/Head of Cardiff Office
Cardiff
Vicky is head of our Cardiff office and jointly leads our Social Housing sector team and specialises in charging affordable housing portfolios.
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Lindsay Felstead
Partner
Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Southampton and Taunton
Lindsay is Head of our Housing Management team and jointly leads our Social Housing sector team. Lindsay was called to the Bar in 2000 and subsequently admitted as a Solicitor in 2005.
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Our core social housing team
Our core team is supported by a 90+ strong network of multi-disciplinary experts from across our seven offices.
Lynn James
Partner
Manchester
Lynn is a partner in Clarke Willmott’s property litigation team specialising in leasehold management of residential properties.
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Oliver Smedley
Partner
Bristol
Oliver is a Partner and leads our Social Housing Development Team, specialising in development work for Registered Providers.
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Kary Withers
Partner
Bristol
Kary deals with a wide variety of real estate disputes with a particular specialism in the removal of telecoms masts to enable development.
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Kate Saunders
Partner and Head of Home Sales
Taunton
Kate Saunders is a Partner and Head of Clarke Willmott’s Home Sales team, based in Taunton, with a focus on optimising efficiencies and accuracy.
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Matthew Wilson
Partner
Manchester
Matthew advises social landlords on contentious and non-contentious housing and asset management matters with a particular focus on housing conditions claims.
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Neelam Sharma
Partner
Birmingham
Neelam is a partner in our Housing Management team and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1998.
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Helen Wittram
Partner
Bristol
Helen is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ commercial property team specialising in all aspects of acquisition, development and disposal of property
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Kate Silverman
Partner
London
Kate is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s London Social Housing team advising on all property aspects of complex development and regeneration matters
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Brendan Ryan
Partner
London
Brendan Ryan is head of procurement, specialising in public procurement, subsidy control & competition law
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Richard Moore
Partner
Bristol, Cardiff and London
Richard is a partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation team specialising in the resolution of commercial disputes.
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Fraser MacRae
Partner
Cardiff
Fraser represents both lenders and borrowers on secured and unsecured financing and advises on a mixture of loan agreements, note purchase agreements and other funding structures together with associated security documentation and intercreditor arrangements.
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Jade Lyus
Senior Associate
Taunton
Jade Lyus is a Senior Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Taunton planning team with particular experience in Section 106 Agreements and planning appeals.
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Carly Blunn
Senior Associate (Chartered Legal Executive)
Taunton
Carly undertakes a variety of work including reviewing and drafting precedent legal documents for sales, auctions, staircasing, lease extension, shared ownership resale, traditional sale and purchase, and case management system design / improvements.
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Philip Roberts
Partner and Head of Debt Recovery
Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Taunton
Phil is a Chartered Legal Executive and Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Debt Recovery team specialising in defended debt recovery litigation and insolvency actions.
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Rob Ridd
Partner
Bristol
Rob Ridd is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol corporate and commercial team specialising in company acquisitions and disposals.
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Amy Peacey
Partner
Southampton
Amy helps businesses and individuals document their contract relationships with third parties ensuring their commercial contracts are legally sound and comply with all applicable laws.
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Harriet Atkin
Partner
Manchester
Harriet is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Manchester Construction Team specialising in both contentious and non-contentious construction law.
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Chris Connors
Partner
Manchester
Chris is a corporate tax specialist, and has a depth of experience advising all types of clients on how to optimise their tax position.
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Bridget Sanger
Senior Associate
Bristol
Bridget defends, represents and advises companies and individuals investigated and/or prosecuted in the criminal courts, with particular specialism in regulatory work surrounding agriculture and regulatory work surrounding care homes
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Louise Rogers
Partner
Manchester
Louise is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Manchester Employment team and provides employers/HR professionals and senior executives with strategic advice and support in relation to all aspects of employment law.
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