Social Housing
UK Guide 2025 : West Midlands
Band 3
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
(020) 7628 7576Chambers Review
Devonshires' Birmingham office is recognised for advising clients on the full gamut of social housing matters, including housing management litigation, corporate governance matters, mergers and site acquisitions.
Work Highlights
- Devonshires supported the English Rural Housing Association on its strategic merger programme with several smaller rural housing associations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team provides robust and proportionate advice and has an excellent network and contacts."
"Devonshires simplifies and breaks issues down in order to bring matters to their conclusion in the best way possible."
"Devonshires is plugged into the social housing sector and its current and emerging commercial needs."
"The advice we receive from Devonshires is of a consistently high quality."
"Devonshires talks in a language we understand."
"The team provides robust and proportionate advice and has an excellent network and contacts."
"Devonshires simplifies and breaks issues down in order to bring matters to their conclusion in the best way possible."
"Devonshires is plugged into the social housing sector and its current and emerging commercial needs."
"The advice we receive from Devonshires is of a consistently high quality."
"Devonshires talks in a language we understand."
Notable Practitioners
Gemma Bell is a popular choice of representative for housing associations, due to her strong knowledge and experience of governance issues and expert handling of corporate transactions.
"Gemma's really pragmatic and comes up with some really good practical advice."
"She provides strong support and advice, has excellent knowledge of the sector and a wide range of contacts."
"Gemma has been excellent at comprehensively supporting my business needs."
"Gemma Bell is almost like a polymath in terms of knowing her subject and how she presents it."
"It's always a pleasure to work with Gemma. She knows our organisation well and offers sound advice in an engaging fashion."
Baljit Basra acts on behalf of registered providers on wide-ranging housing litigation issues, offering notable strength in areas such as possession and disrepair damages claims. She has further experience of statutory nuisance claims and compliance matters. Basra joined Devonshires in April 2023.
"Baljit is extremely experienced, smart and makes her clients feel at ease."