Hannah Jackson

Partner

Hannah has worked in the real estate sector for more than 17 years and is a trusted adviser to a range of registered providers, institutional investors and Real Estate Investment Trusts, advising them on complex large scale residential portfolio funding and acquisition projects.  

Hannah leads the real estate finance security team in the Exeter office which forms part of the Housing Finance team at Trowers which has been consistently ranked as Tier 1 in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partnerslegal directories for Housing Finance work.Hannah specialises in project managing and leading team members at Trowers on due diligence of large portfolios of residential property assets for a variety of financing arrangements and acquisitions. Transactions and projects she has worked on include high value and complex refinancings as part of internal restructuring or for a merger or partnership, for bond issues and private placements, normal bank funding, development finance as well as due diligence for portfolio sales and acquisitions of residential assets in the UK. Recent significant investment property work includes leading on the property due diligence aspects of Hyde Group's £61 million initial sale to M&G of a shared ownership reversionary portfolio pursuant to its strategic partnership with M&G which will lead to the development of £500 million new affordable homes.

OUR CASE STUDIES

Hannah's work for their clients

  • Advised Settle and Paradigm on £1.55 billion financing

    Trowers & Hamlins has advised Settle and Paradigm on the £1.55 billion financing as part of the first stage of their merger. In October 2025, Settle Group became a subsidiary of Paradigm Housing Group Limited, with the combined group operating as SettleParadigm. Paradigm Homes Charitable Housing Association Limited and Settle Group aim to legally combine in the next two years. SettleParadigm will operate primarily across Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and will become the largest housing association operating in the region, with ownership of almost 27,000 homes.

    • £1.55bn New or refinanced funding negotiated
    • 27,000 Homes owned by the combined group following the merger
    Advised Settle and Paradigm on £1.55 billion financing
    Advised Settle and Paradigm on £1.55 billion financing

Knowledge Hub

Hannah's latest insights

News
13 October 2026 | Author: Jeremy Hunt & Hannah Jackson

Trowers & Hamlins advises Raven Housing Trust on landmark 2,227-home stock transfer

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised Raven Housing Trust, on the acquisition of 2,227 homes from Orbit in the South East of England. The stock transfer is one of the largest of its kind between two housing associations to date.

Insights
12 May 2026 | Author: Sharron Webster

Affordable Housing Summit 2026 - Turning policy into practice

Thank you to those who were able to attend our fourth Affordable Housing Summit. It was good to be able to interact with a full room on the day and we found it to be informative and enjoyable. For those who were unable to attend, we have set out the key takeaways below.

Case Studies
09 October 2026 | Paradigm Homes Charitable Housing Association Limited and Settle Group Limited

Advised Settle and Paradigm on £1.55 billion financing

Trowers & Hamlins has advised Settle and Paradigm on the £1.55 billion financing as part of the first stage of their merger. In October 2025, Settle Group became a subsidiary of Paradigm Housing Group Limited, with the combined group operating as SettleParadigm. Paradigm Homes Charitable Housing Association Limited and Settle Group aim to legally combine in the next two years. SettleParadigm will operate primarily across Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and will become the largest housing association operating in the region, with ownership of almost 27,000 homes.

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