Experience
Lee co-leads the UK National Public Sector Real Estate Team and advises on large development, infastructure and regeneration projects with particular emphasis on housing regeneration.
Lee acts for Homes England, Welsh Government, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Westminster City Council, Advance Northumberland (a local authority delivery vehicle) and other local authorities such as Conwy County Borough Council, West Lindsey District Council and South Tyneside Council.
Recent Projects
- Homes England in relation to their accelerated delivery programme, residential developer panel procurement programme and advising the contingents assets and liabilities team.
- Bradford City Council in relation to the City Village mixed use regeneration project
- Royal Borough of Greenwich on various regeneration programmes including a new leisure centre and residential scheme in Woolwich Town Centre.
- Welsh Government on the Global Centre for Rail Excellence and Cardiff Transport Interchange.
- West Lindsey District Council on the procurement of a development partner for the regeneration of RAF Scampton.
- South Tyneside on the regeneration of a former shipyard into a riverside housing regeneration scheme with enabling works at Holborn.
Testimonials
- Lee has been a Legal 500 recommended lawyer (since 2017) and recognised as a 'next generation partner' for both real estate and social housing, as co-head of the national Public Sector Real Estate team and for being 'commercial' and for being ‘.... technically strong, commercial, and has good wider sector contacts’ and as a 'key port of call for the team's public sector clients'
- He is also ranked by Chambers & Partners (since 2018) for both real estate and social housing and noted for 'extensive experience in property transactions involving residential property' acting for 'social housing providers and public authorities on housing-led regeneration and other development projects' and advising 'local authorities and housing associations on a range of social housing matters' and 'public sector organisations on regeneration projects'. where clients remark that:
- "Lee Pickett is a great commercial lawyer and can understand our business and what we want to achieve quickly."
- "Lee is impressive because he is very practical and gets the deal done. He takes the heat out of discussions and is very practical."
- "He has got a good handle on sector trends."