Homes England Legal Services Framework 2022-2026

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A framework agreement for legal professional service providers to provide a range of property and investment-related legal services. The range of legal services is as follows: Lot 1 Services – Routine real estate and investment Lot 2 Services – Specialist real estate and corporate Lot 3 Services – Bespoke and Complex Projects Lot 4 Services – Affordable Housing and Homes Ownership The framework is for Homes England Use Only. Lot 1: Lot 1 Services – Routine real estate and investment Lot 1 - Routine Real Estate & Investment - Property: including Landlord and Tenant, plot sales, estate management, release of restrictions and consents - Commercial law - Banking (short term development finance to SMEs) and Restructuring (in the event of default e.g. reservation of rights letters) - Agricultural law Additional Services for Lot 1 - Real Estate: including Acquisitions, Disposals and Building Leases - Procurement and public subsidy - Grant Agreements - Planning: including CPO - Development and Construction - Real Estate Litigation including mortgage enforcement and possession claims - Contracts (goods, works and services) - Environmental Law including biodiversity & net gain - Intellectual Property Lot 2: Lot 2 Services – Specialist real estate and corporate Lot 2 - Specialist Real Estate & Corporate - Commercial Property: Property Finance, Infrastructure and Regeneration - Commercial law including Banking –Loan and Equity Finance (this will include fund structures, joint ventures, infrastructure finance, lending alliances and MMC), Restructuring (including in the event of distress) and Insolvency - Building Safety regime - Company law: including SPVs and Joint Ventures – contractual and company structures to deliver land and investment transactions - Financial Regulation and Taxation - Public/Administrative Law - Employment Law Additional Services for Lot 2 - Real Estate: including Acquisitions, Disposals and Building Leases - Procurement and public subsidy - Grant Agreements - Planning: including CPO - Development and Construction - Real Estate Litigation including mortgage enforcement and possession claims - Contracts (goods, works and services) - Environmental Law including biodiversity & net gain - Intellectual Property Lot 3: Lot 3 Services – Bespoke and Complex Projects Lot 3 - Bespoke & Complex Projects - Major infrastructure projects – including creation, acquisition, sponsor or debt capital, to portfolio management, restructuring, asset sales and exits - Major place based regeneration – including acquisition, planning, structuring, funding - Bespoke and complex financing including capital markets - Bespoke Joint ventures (e.g. outside of Homes England’s existing protocol and standards) - For private equity and venture capital activity - including related fund formation, capital deployment, acquisitions, debt and equity financing, complex restructurings, portfolio management and exits) - Innovative/complex financing/investments to fund R&D and early stage product development e.g. MMC Lot 4: Lot 4 Services – Affordable Housing and Homes Ownership Lot 4 - Affordable Housing & Home Ownership - Affordable Housing - Residential mortgage regulatory advice and residential mortgage repossession - Public procurement of works and services and public subsidy in relation to housing - Housing regulatory and funding - Special administration regime - Home Ownership Initiatives and shared ownership