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Birmingham full-service law firm
Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed new partner
Natalie Owen to launch and lead its social housing securitisation team.
Natalie is a trusted adviser to
a range of not-for-profit and for-profit registered providers, advising them on
complex large-scale residential portfolio funding and acquisition projects to
maximise their assets.
With 18 years’ post-qualified
experience, Natalie has joined the firm from Trowers & Hamlins, where she
headed up its Birmingham real estate finance security team.
Natalie said: 'I am thrilled to
have joined Shakespeare Martineau at such an exciting time. The firm has an
excellent reputation for its work in the social housing sector, and is growing
and evolving to ensure it offers something different from competitors in this
space.
'I am looking forward to
building and growing the securitisation team to bolster Shakespeare Martineau’s
existing social housing team with finance security expertise, so we can deliver
a full-service offering to registered providers – giving them a credible alternative
to the usual suspects.'
Natalie will primarily be based
at the firm’s Birmingham office hub but will be working with clients
nationally. Her appointment is the latest in a string of new partner hires—including experienced finance solicitor Jon Coane—as part of the firm’s growth
strategy, broadening its footprint both north and south.
Louise Drew, head of the building
communities team at Shakespeare Martineau, said: 'We are delighted to welcome
Natalie to the firm. She has excellent, market-leading expertise and her
knowledge will be a real asset to our social housing clients, who she will
assist with raising finance to ultimately build more homes, and improve and
maintain their existing stock. Given the current strain on finances in the
sector, this appointment couldn’t come at a better time for us and our
clients.'
Shakespeare Martineau is proactively seeking talented people to join the firm on its growth journey, including mergers, team recruitment and lateral hires nationally.
