Jeremy Hunt

Partner

Jeremy has worked in the real estate sector for over 30 years and specialises in providing property advice on large scale portfolio transactions, stock swaps and on structures to facilitate financial investment into affordable housing . He co-leads the Real Estate Portfolio and Security Practice Group as well as leading the residential portfolio transactions team.

He also leads on large residential regeneration projects and joint ventures, large mixed-use development schemes and the acquisition and leasing of property. His clients include housing associations, local authorities, private developers and investors in the residential sector.

Recent significant investment property work includes leading the team that advised L&G on its JV with the Hyde Group and subsequent acquisition of a portfolio of over 1000 properties from Hyde and separately advising Hyde on its strategic partnership with M&G which will lead to the development of £500 million new affordable homes together with the £61 million initial sale to M&G.

On the portfolio transactions side he led the Trowers & Hamlins team in advising Paradigm Housing on the affordable housing sector's largest ever acquisition of over 3500 properties from L&Q in January 2026 as well as in 2019 advising Paradigm on the sector's largest ever stock swap involving a transfer of 2,500 homes to and from the Guinness Partnership with a transaction value in excess of £300 million.

Jeremy is named in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Social Housing and is also named by Chambers & Partners as a notable and ranked practitioner in the field of social housing.

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    Jeremy Hunt is a "very experienced and well respected" practitioner who frequently acts for registered providers in acquisitions and leasing matters. He is also skilled in advising on regeneration projects and mixed-use developments.

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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.

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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.

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