Jennifer Hankinson

Jen is an experienced Real Estate partner based in our Manchester and Liverpool offices. Jen has extensive experience in the housing sector with particular expertise in residential development and regeneration programmes. She is recognised both by her clients and in legal directories as a leading expert in her field.

Jen has been working in the Housing sector for 17 years. Jen’s in-house experience (5 years) at the outset of her qualification has given her great insight into the workings of RPs and their requirements. Jen brings invaluable experience in housing and regeneration matters such as:

Development transactions – from pre-bid stage through to post-acquisition and scheme set-up; inc. forward funded schemes, s106 acquisitions, golden brick transactions, land led schemes, joint ventures, options/conditional contracts, overage provisions and large-scale estate regeneration schemes

Sales and acquisitions

Stock rationalisations

Section agreements – infrastructure and planning

Leases – commercial, residential and REIT linked (supported / independent living)

Shared ownership site set-up and plot sales – including in-house team training and triage

Home ownership aspects such as RTB/RTA; staircasing and re-sales

Stock transfer and portfolio acquisition, sale and charging

Bespoke training – for instructing clients and their Boards

Strategic development programme advice

Developing and implementing a legal framework (when in-house)

With her career spanning both in-house and law firm positions, Jen brings commercial acumen, expertise in housing policy and a broad knowledge of the sector to her new role. Jen has significant housing and regeneration experience and is highly regarded by clients for her “extensive knowledge of the housing sector”

Notable Cases

Acting for the largest RP in the North West on numerous development transactions, including land led and s106 schemes as well as their largest development to date and first Joint Venture scheme (170 acre site with land value £112million).

Acting for Greater Manchester based RP in relation to various development schemes on complex regeneration sites of previous industrial use.

Acting for northern element of National RPs on a number of development sites including regeneration and re-purposing of previous public use sites. Working closely with local authorities also. Acting for the sales team also in connection with site set-up for shared ownership and outright sale and supporting the sales team.

Acting for regional LSVT RP on a number of development transactions – including land led transactions, s106 acquisitions and regeneration projects such as re-purposing a retail site for green training initiative.

Supporting a number of LSVT registered providers with stock rationalisation and site assessment to unlock the land for development and regeneration and access grant funding.

Supporting a number of local authorities as their teams start to develop social housing – including training and helping to consider protocols and procedures.