Roy Willis
Partner
Specialisms and expertise
- Acting for developers on the acquisition of land for development including conditional contracts, options and site assemblies.
- Non-contentious town & country planning including in particular section 106 agreements and unilateral undertakings.
- Advising landowners on the disposal of land for development including the negotiation of contracts and/or options with developers.
- Negotiating infrastructure agreements and easements.
- Acting for landlords and tenants on all aspects of non-contentious landlord and tenant issues from the grant of leases to estate management of retail, office and warehouse premises.
Past and present projects
- Assisting in the site assembly of a brownfield site for an institutional investor for mixed use.
- Development with its sale on to a shopping centre investor.
- The acquisition of brownfield and greenfield sites for residential development and urban regeneration.
- The disposal of a large waterfront site for mixed use development including advice in relation to common land.
- The disposal of surplus local authority land for residential development.
- The disposal of agricultural land in East Sussex for a substantial housing development.
- Advising providers of social housing on land acquisitions.
- Due diligence in respect of portfolio acquisitions for investment purposes.
- Lettings in a new mixed use development for institutional investors including the grant of leases to anchor tenants.
Types of client
Current clients include leading regional housebuilders, providers of social housing, local authorities, trustees of landed estates and investor landlords.
Profile
Roy joined Thomson Snell & Passmore in 2004 having previously worked for a Lincoln's Inn practice.