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james armstrong
  • 17 years qualified

James Armstrong

Partner | Real Estate

Jane Guinety
Jane Guinety is James's PA
uk recommended lawyer 2024

About James

A Legal 500 UK ‘Recommended Lawyer’ and a partner in our real estate team, James acts for landowners, developers, investors and occupiers on a range of diverse property issues.

James has worked with Barratt Homes, Vistry Partnerships, Dere Street Homes and other developers on residential site acquisitions and development.

He is particularly skilled in drafting and negotiating complex commercial property documents, including options, joint ventures and collaboration/ development agreements.

‘James Armstrong stands out to me personally. He is honest, on the ball, clued up, always has the answers to hand. Exceptional lawyer. I can’t recommend him enough.’

Legal 500 UK, client quote
Real Estate

A Legal 500 UK ‘Recommended Lawyer’ and a partner in our real estate team, James acts for landowners, developers, investors and occupiers on a range of diverse property issues.

James is quoted in Legal 500 UK as being a ‘particularly impressive housebuilding expert’, working with Barratt Homes, Vistry Partnerships, Dere Street Homes and other developers on residential site acquisitions and development.

He is particularly skilled in drafting and negotiating complex commercial property documents, including options, joint ventures and collaboration/ development agreements.

Social Housing

James has acted, and continues to act, for a number of regional and national housebuilders on land acquisition transactions, as well as for registered providers. These transactions include structures involving promotion and option agreements, as well as acquisitions conditional on planning, satisfactory ground investigation, grant funding and other matters, and include both new build housing developments and office to residential conversions. James has acted for registered providers on transactions involving straightforward acquisition/ development by the registered provider, and also on land led back-to-back transactions.

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