Leading full service law firm Shakespeare
Martineau has
welcomed new legal director Anita Rasaratnam to its social housing development
team in London.
Anita joins the firm from top 50
London-based law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper, where she worked with a wide
range of housing associations and charities, assisting them with development
and regeneration projects.
With more than 12 years’
experience, Anita specialises in the development and regeneration of affordable
housing. She also has expertise in shared ownership, right to buy and right to
acquire sales, which has given her extensive commercial insight into the
practicalities of the affordable housing market.
Anita said: 'Shakespeare
Martineau has a highly successful social housing practice with
well-established, long-lasting client relationships, including with some of the
largest providers in the country. I am thrilled to be a part of it and to have
joined a firm that believes in empowering its people and nurturing its talent.
I am looking forward to providing an excellent service to my clients, while
also working to grow the team collectively and individually.'
Anita will be primarily based at
the firm’s London hub, but will be working with clients nationally. As part of
her role, Anita will be acting for registered providers in their development
site acquisitions. She will also be supporting the social housing development
team’s organic growth in London.
Joanna Lee-Mills, partner and head of social
housing development at Shakespeare Martineau, said: 'Over the past two years,
we have received a rise in instructions from clients and been successful in
winning tenders in the sector, which have required a need to increase capacity
within the team.
'We are delighted to welcome
Anita to the team – her experience will ensure our clients’ actual and
aspirational objectives are met, especially with registered providers being
under increasing pressure to adapt strategically and intuitively to various
challenges faced by the affordable housing sector and built environment.'
