Havva Kaya

Havva is in her last seat and is sitting with the Family Team in the Cambridge office.

Her first seat was in Commercial Real Estate, where she assisted the team with various transactions involving both leases and sales of commercial property. Her second seat was in Planning and Environmental, where she assisted with the drafting of section 106 agreements, reports on section 106 agreements and letter of instructions to Counsel. During her seat she also attended various Public Inquiries, Committees and site visits. Her third seat was in Administrative and Public Law Disputes where she assisted the team with Procurement Disputes, Judicial Reviews, drafting consent orders, defences and pre-action protocol letters.

Prior to joining Birketts, Havva studied Law at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, in which she gained a first-class degree. She then also successfully completed the Legal Practice Course and Master of Law full time at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

She also worked part time alongside her studies, as a senior legal administrative assistant at a regional firm, assisting various teams in the company, such as Real Estate, Private Client, Cooperate, Commercial, and Dispute Resolution. Havva was born in Istanbul, Türkiye and she can speak both the Turkish and English languages fluently.

Experience & education

2023 joined Birketts

2022 studied the LPC and Master of Law at Anglia Ruskin University in September

2019 studied Undergraduate LLB Law at Anglia Ruskin University

Worked at Mills & Reeve as a part-time senior administrative assistant alongside studying the LPC and Master of Law.