Capsticks has been announced as a preferred supplier for Your Housing Group’s legal services framework, which became available in May 2021 and will remain in place for four years.

Your Housing Group (YHG) owns and manages more than 29,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, ranging from social and affordable housing to retirement living and innovative private rental. The framework will apply to all of YHG’s locations.

Capsticks’ appointment to Lot 3: Corporate and Finance, enables group members to instruct our experts on all kinds of transactions, including those related to:

  • group structures, mergers and acquisitions;
  • corporate governance, regulatory requirements, company and charity law;
  • loan facilities, property charging, multi-disciplinary legal support;
  • procurement and contractual matters; and
  • legal advice in respect of taxation, insurance and investments.

Susie Rogers, Partner and corporate and commercial lead, said: “We lead on ground-breaking projects in this area, including a high volume of security charging matters, mergers and funding arrangements and with the recent expansion of our procurement team, our strength in depth means that YHG can rely on us for all their commercial needs.”

Paul Lloyd, Partner and client relationship lead, said: “We look forward to working with Your Housing Group on a broad variety of corporate matters. Meeting our clients’ needs is extremely important to us and we are proud that Your Housing Group has chosen us as its advisor. We look forward to building strong relationships and sharing our commercial approach with all framework users.

Jen Hartshorn, Head of Procurement at YHG, said: “We are delighted to have awarded our new legal services panel following a robust procurement exercise. We welcome all the successful suppliers and look forward to working with Capsticks through the panel.

Capsticks offers a full service to housing providers, including development and regeneration, asset and housing management, as well as commercial contracts, stock rationalisation and portfolio management, always with a focus on clear and practical advice to clients.