Andrew Casstles
Partner
Andrew is a partner in the housing team, and has lead the firm’s housing development section since 2011. He has over 20 years’ experience of advising on the acquisition and development of land and property for housing of all tenures.
He acts for numerous registered providers of social housing, as well as developers and investors into the sector, focusing particularly on development site acquisitions and regeneration with associated advice on planning obligations, obstacles to development (and practical solutions), and infrastructure agreements. Andrew advises on joint venture agreements, funding and grant agreements, nominations agreements, overage and pre-emption agreements and on-going asset management liabilities and requirements.
I get satisfaction from finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems, or devising transaction structures which deal with the varied requirements of our clients and their counterparts. I provide clear advice and clients appreciate my willingness to provide a personal opinion on the options available based on my broad experience, whilst leaving them to make any commercial decisions.
Working closely with the firm’s specialists in construction, planning, banking, tax and housing management, Andrew provides a comprehensive service structuring transactions and covering the full spectrum of issues facing housing providers when acquiring and/or building new dwellings. He is recommended for social housing in the Legal 500 and is recognised by Chambers UK, where he is praised for his ‘fantastic knowledge’ and for giving ‘excellent advice which is clear and articulate’. Andrew is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Recent work highlights
Stock transfer
Acquisition of apartments
Land acquisition
Residential development
Water neutrality scheme
Settlement agreement
External recognition
What people are saying
Andrew Casstles is always there to provide good, sound and understandable advice.
Andrew Casstles and the team have become my first point of call for all property-related matters over a number of years. They understand our requirements and all our appetite for risk
Andrew Casstles leads the development team well, is always available to provide an overview or additional advice, understands our requirements and always delivers.
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