Your challenges
Whether you are an owner of rural land, or whether you are buying or selling a single field or a large estate, you need lawyers who have dedicated expertise in agricultural law. We have the resources of a large team and support in a range of specialisms to ensure that all aspects of your transaction are considered and dealt with successfully and efficiently.
Achieving your ambitions
Whatever your requirements, we can help you. Our team acts for a wide range of clients and many sectors so whether you are a landowner or a tenant, a farmer, a farming partnership or a farming company, a lender, a charity or an institutional or foreign investor, a mineral company or a utility company, or any other organisation dealing with rural land, we can assist you.
Our wealth of experience will be used for your benefit. We are experts in:
- Buying and selling rural land, farms and estates
- Water irrigation and reservoirs
- Farm tenancies
- Entitlements and EU payment schemes
- Telecommunication masts
- Wind farms
- Minerals
- Succession and tax planning
- Restructuring of farm businesses
- Agricultural arbitration and tribunals
- Renewable and green energies
These matters are only part of the range of services that we provide and we would be only too pleased to discuss your requirements with you.
The strength you need
Our team, which is one of the largest in the UK, will provide you with a dedicated group of lawyers to give you a personal and tailored service so that you always know who to turn to. Our team comprises of two partners, a consultant and over 20 lawyers to help you deal with the complexities of agricultural law. You will also have access to a range of specialists in agricultural/property litigation, employment, pensions, tax, planning and corporate matters ensuring you get a complete service.
Lawyers you can trust
Because of the range of the work we do, our team is top rated by Chambers UK and Legal 500. Legal 500 states that our clients receive “high-quality service from a very good firm” while Chambers UK, states that our “… team provides ‘first-rate and extremely efficient service’ to its national client base ...”. Our lead partner, Michael Aubrey, is considered to have “an excellent range of talents and the ability to deal with extremely difficult situations” and the team overall is praised for its “personality and imagination and willingness to provide solutions” Legal 500.