People /

Janany Kathirgamanathan

Partner

London

People /

Janany Kathirgamanathan

Partner

London

Janany Kathirgamanathan

Partner

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 3645

Biography
Experience

Biography

Janany is a commercial real estate lawyer, with a focus on the living sectors and particularly, Build to Rent (BTR) and Affordable Housing. Janany co-leads the firm’s Build to Rent / Multifamily subsector group. Janany has acted on some of the largest BTR schemes in the country, including advising Get Living on its acquisition and financing of its mixed use scheme at New Makers Yard in Manchester comprising of more than 800 Build to Rent units and LaSalle Investment Management in the £100m forward funding of 600 BTR apartments at Exchange Square, Birmingham. Janany has been involved in the affordable housing sector for over 14 years and has expertise in the structuring of complex joint ventures. Janany has also acted on large scale development and regeneration schemes for landowners, developers and funders.

Admissions

England and Wales

Related Practice Areas

Build to Rent/Multifamily
Redevelopment
Real Estate Sector
Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate

Experience

Get Living in respect of the acquisition and financing of more than 800 BTR apartments at Manchester's Middlewood Locks.
LaSalle in respect of the £100m forward funding of 600 BTR apartments at Exchange Square, Birmingham.
English Cities Fund in relation to the regeneration by a joint venture between Homes England, Legal and General and Muse of Millbay, Plymouth into a new harbourside community with residential and commercial premises, together with related infrastructure. The site has complicated land ownership arrangements and our work has involved dealing restructuring the leaseholds and estate service charges.
A central London developer in respect of the development and disposal of a significant 100% affordable scheme in Central London.
Argent in respect of the disposal of affordable housing at King’s Cross.
TfL in respect of the disposal of three large London sites for residential development (which include affordable housing).
CBRE UK Affordable Housing Fund in respect of the co-ordination of its forward funding and forward purchase of affordable housing schemes in Slough, Lewisham and Greenwich.
GLA on various development matters relating to the redevelopment and regeneration of the 150 acre site at the Greenwich Peninsula by the GLA and Knight Dragon.
Europa Generation in the forward funding acquisition of six student housing schemes from Watkin Jones.
KKR in the forward funding acquisition of the student housing scheme at Bedminster, Bristol from Watkin Jones.