Anuj Johar

Bio

Anuj Johar is a member of our Real Estate Group and is based in our Dubai office. Anuj qualified in our Birmingham office in 2012 and has been based in our Dubai office since 2018. Anuj specialises in UK residential-led development projects and acts for large UK housebuilders, developers and promoters on a variety of acquisitions and disposals across the UK.

Anuj has experience in negotiating both immediate and strategic land deals, including unconditional and conditional acquisition agreements, promotion agreements, option agreements and collaboration agreements. Anuj also acts for housebuilders on disposals to registered providers of affordable housing. Anuj also has some relevant experience in acting for housebuilders seeking to raise development finance to fund their development projects with third party funders.

Anuj is a first point of contact for any developers in the GCC and Middle East who are seeking to invest in real estate opportunities in the UK.

Anuj's clients include Bloor Homes, Bellway Homes, Harpercrewe Ltd, Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes, Endurance Estates, Cameron Homes and Latimer Developments.

Experience

Assisting on the acquisition of Basingstoke Golf Club in Hampshire for Bloor Homes for £70 million.
Acting for a large UK housebuilder on its £18 million conditional acquisition of a serviced land parcel for 210 residential units in Fairham, Nottingham.
Acting for Bellway Homes on its conditional acquisition of land in Derbyshire for a residential development scheme of up to 800 dwellings for circa £10 million.
Acting for Harpercrewe on the sale of 51 affordable housing units to a registered provider of social housing for £10 million at a site in Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham.
Acting for Bellway Homes on its unconditional acquisition of land in Loughborough for a residential development scheme of up to 200 dwellings for circa £7.5 million.
Being part of a team of solicitors advising a large UK housebuilder on the real estate aspects of its corporate acquisition of a promoter that had the benefit of over 50 promotion agreements.

Career & education

Career highlights

2025

Gowling WLG (UK), Legal Director

2022

Gowling WLG (UK), Principal Associate

Education

2010

College of Law Birmingham, Distinction

2009

University of Birmingham (LLB) Hons, 2:1

Languages

English

Anuj Johar

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