Raj Flora-Seehra
Legal Director
Legal Director in the Property team
Raj is a legal director in the local government real estate team. She is an experienced property development lawyer who advises public sector clients on a broad range of property disposals, the redevelopment and/or regeneration of existing stock and longer-term strategic land projects.
Over the years, Raj has acted on large-scale redevelopment projects of key strategic regeneration sites, procuring development partners for housing regeneration, commercial development and mixed-use projects. Raj is a strong negotiator, securing favourable terms for clients on development agreements, conditional contracts, option agreements, building licences and infrastructure projects, including those linked to compulsory purchase.
Raj has a passion for placemaking, which is reflected in her work. She takes great pride in working with public sector clients to make a real difference to communities, by creating quality places that people want to live, work, play and learn in – where communities can thrive.
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Pride in Place (Pride in Place): a placemaking-led approach to regeneration
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LGR Practicalities – the transfer of land, property and assets
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Commonhold: The beginning of the end for the leashold system
Earlier this year, the Government announced its plans to abolish the leasehold system as we know it, to enable freehold ownership of...
Commonhold: the beginning of the end for the leasehold system
Earlier this year, the Government announced its plans to abolish the leasehold system as we know it, to enable freehold ownership of...
Labour’s plans for private landlords
The new Labour Government has pledged to review the private rented sector (PRS), which plays a key role in meeting housing needs, to...
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