Victoria Goddard
Partner
Victoria heads our international universities practice leading a team of specialist lawyers in university governance and constitutional matters, HR, estates, GDPR, tax, financing, IP and student disputes who are consistently ranked number one in the leading directories.
Victoria's experience
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Advised The University of Manchester, a leading UK University on the largest student accommodation design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) project ever undertaken by a UK university.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised Unipol Student Homes, a prominent student housing provider, on an underwrite arrangement with a university involving an agreement for lease and lease for student accommodation.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised INTO Exeter Limited and INTO University Partnerships Limited on the variation of an underlease for a student accommodation block at the University of Exeter campus, ensuring the University of Exeter guarantees performance by INTO to release value to the University and Legal & General Investment Management.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised Unipol Student Homes, the student housing charity based in Leeds, on its agreement for lease for the redevelopment of Carlton Hill, Leeds, comprising 604 new purpose-built student bedrooms and the 25-year lease of the site triggered by practical completion.
- £40m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised the University’s procurement of 1,900 beds of student accommodation on their Falmer campus (West Slope) in partnership with Balfour Beatty.
- £300m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Aston University in their acquisition of 190 Corporation Street (formerly known as “The Citadel Building”, now known as the John Cadbury Building), which now acts as the university’s new Birmingham City Centre Headquarters.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising the University of York its £130 million project with Equitix and Graham to design, build, operate and finance new student accommodation at Heslington East.
- £130m
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advised the London School of Economics (LSE) on a major student accommodation redevelopment project which will provide 676 new student bedrooms together with associated commercial space and a community café in Southwark.
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advising the University of Essex on its Medows Phases 2B/2C design, build, finance and operate project for new student accomodation at their Colchester Campus.
- £113m
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advised Unipol Student Homes, a student housing charity with board representation from the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University, on a redevelopment in Leeds, Yorkshire for a 604-bed student residences scheme known as Carlton Hill. Its design will provide affordable student accommodation that is unique in responding to issues surrounding students' mental health and featuring larger than standard bedrooms and living spaces. The scheme will also incorporate a series of three-storey sky gardens, providing social and common study spaces for clusters of apartments.
- £40m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
Credentials
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1995Qualified - England and Wales
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1993Chester College of Law – Law Society Finals
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1993Joined Pinsent Masons
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1992University of Bristol – LLB
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