Nazmin is a managing associate with extensive experience across residential development and single-family rental portfolio transactions. She regularly advises investor and developer clients on a range of acquisition structures, including forward funding arrangements (with separate land and development agreements), turnkey purchases, golden brick arrangements, and bulk unit acquisitions.
She has worked with a broad spectrum of clients, including national housebuilders, small and medium-sized developers, registered providers and management companies. She is well-versed in both conditional and unconditional land acquisitions, disposals, site set-up matters, and the negotiation of infrastructure agreements that support residential schemes. She also advises on the refinancing of property portfolios, helping clients navigate the legal and commercial aspects of securing funding against completed or partially developed assets.
Her commercially focused and solutions-driven approach is informed by years of advising clients across the residential development sector, including those delivering affordable housing, giving her a strong grasp of the practical and strategic considerations that underpin successful development projects.
Experience
Examples of Nazmin's experience include:
- Supporting strategic land acquisitions and site assembly for a range of clients including Bellway, Duchy and Story Homes, and dealing with conditional and unconditional contracts, title due diligence, transfers, overage provisions, licences and multi-party negotiations
- Advising on property refinance and funding arrangements across single and multi-site portfolios, covering post-acquisition funding, construction-retained structures, certificates of title, and facility agreement negotiation; notable projects include a £200 million facility for Placefirst, with £108.6 million making up the committed facility element and £91.4 million being the uncommitted tranche to enable the acquisition of future sites
- Providing legal support on golden brick and turnkey acquisitions for affordable housing sales, including development agreements and infrastructure coordination
- Acting pro bono for a charity working with domestic and sexual abuse victims in relation to the grant of a lease of new premises to be used as a women's shelter, requiring bespoke negotiations and advice tailored to the safety, welfare and sensitivities of the proposed residents
- Assisted Plymouth Community Homes with the acquisition of properties earmarked for demolition as part of the £130 million North Prospect regeneration scheme. The project involved the demolition of nearly 800 outdated homes and construction of over 1,100 new, energy-efficient homes, offering a diverse mix of house types, sizes, and tenures to better meet community needs
- Drafting and negotiating option agreements for landowners and developers respectively, incorporating planning triggers, longstop dates, and overage mechanisms
- Drafting and negotiating deeds of easement and infrastructure agreements for access, utilities, and service media
- Advising on site set-up for plot sales, including drafting precedent contracts, transfers, and leases.
