Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Scotland’s leading legal advisers to housing providers, and senior associate, Collette Miller, in February the firm advised on and completed private placement investment deals for Cunninghame Housing Association and Queens Cross Housing Association worth a total of £70 million. Those deals will assist the housing associations to push forward with their affordable housing development programmes throughout Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Glasgow.

These deals are the latest in a series the firm has advised on in recent years, which in 2018 alone included an £85m package for Kingdom Housing Association, a £70m deal for Clyde Valley Housing Association, a £50m deal for Cairn Housing Association and a £127m refinancing for River Clyde Homes.

Mr Hogg said: “The past few years have been an unprecedented period for registered social landlords (RSLs) in Scotland in terms of attracting long-term finance for their development plans at attractive interest rates. We are fortunate in this country to have a large number of very well run, ambitious housing organisations, which means that the sector as a whole is seen by institutional investors as a safe sector to invest long-term money and these deals have a potential knock-on effect for others looking to secure funding to back their vision.

“Our team has acted in almost all of the private placements in Scotland so far, becoming the go-to firm just as we had been for the housing stock transfers that preceded this era. We are grateful to all of our clients for choosing to work with us on such exciting transactions and believe the pipeline of deals will continue in the years ahead.”