Cripps Harries Hall

Bill Mackie has had a long involvement in the housebuilding industry, working both in-house and in private practice.  His clients are primarily developers but he also advises landowners and trade and industry bodies.

Expertise

• Development
• Development agreements
• Joint ventures (property)
• Property sales and purchases
• Property development funding
• Development funding
• Construction (non-contentious)
• Building contracts
• Collateral warranties (property)
• Leases

Career

• Partner, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 2000
• Solicitor, Wates Group Limited, 1986
• Solicitor, Broseley Estates Limited, 1983
• Solicitor, Civil Aviation Authority, 1979
• Solicitor, Winckworth and Pemberton, 1978
• Solicitor, Lee Bolton & Lee, 1974

• Acting for a major London commercial property developer in its first foray into residential development. The scheme involved a complex site assembly, the surrender of occupational leases, the creation of a joint venture and bank and secondary lending. We also handled the letting of the main construction contract and associated construction documentation, the pre sale of an apartment block to a housing association and the sale of the remaining units
• Acting for a local authority on the sale of a leisure centre site for future mixed use development (including overage arrangements) and in relation to the relocation and reprovision of the leisure centre. The base consideration was in excess of £30 million
• Acting for a commercial property client in relation to a joint venture with a major house builder which involved the acquisition of 215 units of housing stock. The transaction involved the formation of a limited liability partnership, the negotiation of complex financing documentation and a major due diligence exercise
• Advising on the negotiation of a complex development agreement for the regeneration of a run down area in the West Midlands. The agreement had to be completed in a rush before midnight on budget day to avoid changes to taxation announced in the budget that day. The redevelopment has been undertaken in four phases and we have advised throughout
• Acting for a Kent local authority on a project to regenerate its town centre involving an architectural competition and competitive tender. The site assembly and negotiation were complicated by town and village green issues and the absence of title to some component parts of the scheme
• Advising a developer in relation to the proposed regeneration of a 1960's housing estate in south east London owned by a housing association. The redevelopment involved phased construction works, the relocation of residents and significant community involvement
• Acting for a developer in connection with the acquisition (and simultaneous disposal of part) of a residential development site in Hertfordshire in joint venture with a plc developer (consideration in excess of £30 million)
• Advising a major property and construction group on the creation of a joint venture with a plc housebuilder and the acquisition by the joint venture of residential development land for a consideration in excess of £50 million
• Acting on behalf of a developer with regard to a site assembly involving the entry into option agreements with over 30 landowners. We also acted on behalf of the developer with regard to a planning appeal with regard to a planning appeal in respect of that site
• Acting for a developer with regard to the entry into a promotion agreement with a offshore company in respect of a significant landholding. The agreement included both option and pre-emption provisions alongside ones relating to market testing
• Acting on behalf of a private landowner with regard to the unconditional sale of land to a housebuilder, including planning promotion obligations and a planning overage
• Acting for a developer who acquired land that was subject to an option in favour of a housebuilder. The option was allowed to lapse and our client successfully obtained planning consent for a residential development and sold the site to a joint venture in which it retains a stake