Sarah Mubashir

Associate

Sarah is an associate in the housing team, specialising in development work.

She acts for registered providers of social housing on land acquisitions, often subject to planning, which includes advising on and negotiating associated planning agreements, ensuring suitability from a charging perspective. Sarah also acts on turnkey acquisitions and golden-brick deals with development agreements. Her work includes negotiating infrastructure agreements, section agreements, deeds of easements, nomination agreements and deeds of variation.

I am known by clients and colleagues to be approachable and personable. I take pride in offering practical legal support, and communicating clearly with a calm and positive approach to complex legal issues with a solutions-focused attitude.

Sarah Mubashir, Associate

Sarah acts for private clients on commercial property transactions, from mixed-use acquisitions and disposals, to acting for landlords and tenants on the grant of commercial leases, surrenders and lease renewals. She also acts for high net worth individuals on acquisitions and disposals of private residential properties from country homes to London’s prime residential property sector. Sarah has experience working for private residential developers on land acquisitions and plot sales. She is a member of Women in Social Housing and actively participates in the firm’s CSR and HR initiatives, as well as its sports and social committee.

Recent work highlights

Biodiversity net gain

Acting for a developer on the negotiation of a biodiversity net gain agreement and associated unilateral undertaking following the introduction of the biodiversity net gain regulations.

Turnkey deals

Acting for a registered provider on a turnkey acquisition with issues involving alleged breach of restrictive covenant.

Conditional land contracts

Acting for a registered provider on a site acquisition subject to planning for the construction of 46 affordable housing units. Issues included an unregistered strip of land and a planning agreement requiring variations.