Krissun Soodin

Krissun Soodin

Partner


Areas of Expertise

Krissun is a real estate development lawyer with particular expertise in social housing, regeneration schemes and residential-led development projects.


Experience

Krissun re-joined Devonshires in 2022 after 5 years at another firm where he acted for various stakeholders on real estate development matters. This included: acting for the UK’s largest housebuilders, advising ecclesiastical institutions in relation to their strategic land holdings, working on major social and infrastructure projects (such as a new school and railway station) as part of larger residential-led regeneration schemes, and the acquisition and regeneration of shopping centres.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Krissun worked in the NHS.


Get in touch


020 7880 4481
krissun.soodin@devonshires.co.uk
London Office
Devonshires Solicitors LLP
30 Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 7DT

Notable Cases

Acting for Clarion, UK’s largest social landlord in the £89.5m acquisition of 229 affordable homes at a former gasworks site in Battersea from St William Homes (a joint venture between National Grid and the Berkeley Group).

Acting for Sovereign Housing in relation to the multiphase development and acquisition of 640 homes in Swindon’s New Eastern Villages project - expected to be one of the largest greenfield developments in the country.

Acting for Optivo in the landmark disposal of 420 new homes from their development pipeline to Sage (a for-profit registered provider, owned by private equity firm Blackstone) – a first of its kind deal to involve grant-funded new homes. The transaction was approved by Homes England and the GLA and included forward funding, security arrangements and an agreement for Optivo to manage the portfolio.

Acting for Countryside Properties (as part of a joint venture with L&Q) in the proposed development and transfer of a new mainline railway station being delivered in partnership with the GLA, Network Rail, TFL and C2C Rail and included advising on the interface between existing operational railway infrastructure and the wider development.

Acting for a JV entity (between Hill and Clarion Housing Group) in the site assembly and conditional acquisition of an 18-acre development site near Cambridge to provide 155 new homes, and in securing development finance by way of a loan facility.

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