Jean Herring
Jean has worked for a top tier law firm and regional firm prior to joining Birketts and is a Chartered Legal Executive with over 25 years’ experience working within Commercial Property and Residential Development.
Jean has worked for a wide range of clients, both government bodies, businesses and individuals, including some of the UK’s largest housebuilders together with regional and bespoke developers and builders specialising in residential development work, covering site acquisitions including those funded via development finance.
Jean deals with drafting of site set up documentation for freehold developments, leasehold developments and self-build plots. This includes providing advice and guidance on the options available to structure the future management of common areas and open space on new build developments, whether via informal arrangements or via a management company structure as well as dealing with infrastructure agreements including highway and drainage agreements, and transfers of open space, substation and pumping station sites, licences and easements for rights of way, compound storage and vision splays.
In addition, Jean has acted for developers in relation to both open market plot sales and section 106 affordable housing sales on both a turnkey agreement and development agreement basis in addition to discounted dwellings.
Recent work highlights
Acting for a local authority development company in connection with the new build site set up documentation for its redevelopment of land in the Cambridge area comprising both open market and affordable housing, open space and play areas.
Acting for a development company in connection with the new build site set up for its conversion of an existing commercial buildings into residential apartments in the Cambridge area.
Acting for a developer in the purchase of development land with planning permission for residential dwellings and subject to a Section 106 Agreement for a community carpark, community footpath links, open space and offsite school bridge link.
Experience & education
2023 Senior Associate (Chartered Legal Executive), Birketts LLP
2023 Senior Associate (Chartered Legal Executive), Howes Percival LLP
2020 Associate (Chartered Legal Executive), Howes Percival LLP
2011 Paralegal, Howes Percival LLP
1996 Conveyance Executive, Eversheds LLP
Areas of Expertise
Accreditations
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Fellow