Alexandra Benion

Expertise

Alexandra is experienced in a wide range of transactional property matters, with a particular focus on development and the delivery of large and complex housing-led schemes. 

Alexandra is based in our Birmingham office and assists developer clients with all aspects of residential development – including title investigation, agreements for sale, lease and development, overage and options, together ranging from smaller schemes to supporting large-scale, multi-phase estate regenerations. 

Alexandra also has particular experience working with Registered Providers in connection with the structuring and delivery of affordable housing and has experience advising on a wider range of matters including forward funding deals, stock transfers, swaps and intra-group transfers.

How do you help clients?

My particular experience has provided me with a strong understanding of the expectations and needs of developers and their counterparties in connection with the delivery of residential and mixed-use development schemes. With this in mind, I am able to comfortably assist, support and advise clients in connection with property related legal matters and associated issues.

Expertise

1. Advising developer clients in connection with the conditional acquisition of sites for residential development, often incorporating a subsequent disposal of affordable housing and other forms of accommodation including build to rent, together with overage and other payment structures as required. 
2. Advising developer clients in connection with the disposal of affordable housing units to Registered Providers, both on a Golden Brick and Turnkey basis.
3. Advising a land promoter in connection with the drafting and variation of Promotion Agreements and Options across a number of sites, together with the drafting, negotiation, exchange and completion of contracts for the onward disposal of sites to developers. 
4. Advising a developer in connection with the acquisition of land and subsequent disposal of modular housing units by way of an Agreement for Sale and Development providing for units to be transferred at both golden brick and as a back-to-back sale to a Registered Provider of affordable housing.