Harriet Forster

Partner

Real Estate

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Expertise

Harriet works on a broad range of commercial property matters, with a particular specialism in residential development, acting for major housebuilders, SME developers and landowners. She also undertakes mainstream commercial property work, acting primarily for developers and investors.

Recent Experience

  • Dealing with promotion and option agreements for both developers and landowners.
  • Acting for residential developers on the acquisition of sites on a subject-to-planning basis.
  • Acting for residential developers in the acquisition and financing of parcels of land for development on several large scale consortium sites, including the negotiation of overage/deferred payment arrangements and site-wide agreements for the provision of infrastructure and regulation of development.
  • Acquisition and letting of a central London office building.
  • Refinancing of a large commercial property portfolio comprising offices, retail and industrial.

Career History

Harriet trained at RPC, qualifying into the Real Estate team in 2008, and joined Wedlake Bell in 2014.

Harriet has a degree in English and History obtained from The University of York.

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Real Estate Partner Harriet Forster writes for Estates Gazette – Balancing profit and purpose

In this article for Estates Gazette, Partner Harriet Forster explains how developers and charities can collaborate to develop strategic land, addressing the UK housing crisis. Charities provide land, developers bringRead more

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Legal Moves – April 2022

This article was originally published in Legal Moves V18.06, 15th April 2022 issue.

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Wedlake Bell: Multiple Appointments – New Law Journal

Pleased to share the appointment of Adam Betts (IP and Commercial), Harriet Forster (Commercial Property), Natalie Pilagos (Construction) and Lindy Day (Projects and Infrastructure) as Partners has been highlighted inRead more

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City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today?

Pleased to share the appointment of Adam Betts (IP and Commercial), Harriet Forster (Commercial Property), Natalie Pilagos (Construction) and Lindy Day (Projects and Infrastructure) as Partners has been highlighted inRead more

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Crossing the threshold: how to deal with unregistered land between your property and the public highway

We have probably all spent more time behind our own front doors in the last 18 months than we would have liked. Stepping out and onto the pavement – orRead more

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COVID-19 – Is your commercial property currently vacant? Considerations for landlords and tenants

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt almost every industry. Consequently, many commercial properties are currently left vacant as bars, restaurants and retail units are closed and most office workers haveRead more