Ayesha Khalique 

The UK and Ireland law firm has been appointed to Lot 2 (Development Legal Providers) of the National Framework for Developer-Led Schemes 2026, which has an estimated total value of up to £26 billion and will run for four years.

Covering areas including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the North, Midlands, South West and South East of England and London the framework gives public organisations access to a pre-approved list of suppliers for a wide range of construction and development-related services.

Anticipated projects within the remit of the framework will include a full range of residential, commercial, leisure, infrastructure, education, healthcare and mixed-use development schemes.

As one of 10 appointed law firms on the framework, Browne Jacobson will advise framework users on their public-private property development schemes. The team will provide expert, multi-disciplinary legal advice across the whole lifecyle of each project – from initial structuring through to end disposals.

Ayesha Khalique and Dominic Buckley, partners in real estate, will co-lead for the framework at Browne Jacobson.

Ms Khalique said: “This is an important and exciting appointment for our firm as the National Framework for Developer-Led Schemes 2026 offers a major procurement route for public sector development and regeneration work across the UK.

“With vast experience of advising both public and private sector clients on complex development projects, our team is well placed and ready to deliver for the organisations that will use the framework.  We are really looking forward to getting started and building relationships across the framework with clients and other stakeholders.”

Compliant with the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024, the new framework has been brought to market following the formation of a 10-year strategic delivery partnership between YPO and Pagabo.

YPO is the centralised procurement authority for the frameworks, while Pagabo is the framework manager responsible for design, delivery and ongoing management. 

For the first time, development consultants and legal providers have been included in the framework to offer clients a turnkey procurement solution that provides ongoing support, full compliance, reduced risk, cost savings, greater collaboration and broader project outcomes.

Appointed suppliers will have access to Pagabo Group’s digital software offerings, including next generation social value platform ImpactOS and contract management platform Sypro, to support with enhancing the full lifecycle of procurement and project delivery.

Jonathan Parker, development director at Pagabo, said: “Our developer-led procurement solution is a unique market leading delivering vehicle capable of bringing client ambitions to fruition and changing the landscape of our built environment, which has also successfully driven forward the regeneration sector in recent years.

“Delivering projects worth £10.7bn in gross development value and more than 36,000 new homes, while overcoming prominent challenges such as viability and risk, we’ve built on the first version of the framework and remain confident that those appointed to this next generation version will be well positioned to ensure continuous quality, value for money, collaboration and impactful social value. We’re now offering a full turnkey solution that the public sector has been crying out for.”