Agricultural & rural property

We have extensive experience in, and a deep understanding of, the agricultural sector. Our ALA qualified team of agricultural property lawyers act for estates, landowners and landowning trusts, tenants and developers.

Our specialisms include:

• Land sales and purchases
• Agricultural tenancies and lettings
• Grazing licences
• Sporting rights
• Renewable energy projects
• Development projects
• Issues concerning stamp duty on agricultural land
• Agricultural real estate disputes
• Planning.

We also work closely with our wider agricultural sector team, drawing on experience from across our Employment, Wills, Estate & Tax Planning and Probate teams.

Our Real Estate lawyers, based in Kent but acting for clients nationally, form one of the largest and most experienced teams in the region. We offer commercial advice and a London style service that helps you achieve your objectives as swiftly and cost effectively as possible.

We place an emphasis on understanding your commercial strategies and tailoring our services accordingly. We act for a wide variety of commercial clients including businesses, individuals, house builders and developers, pension funds, retailers, restauranteurs, charities, lenders, local authorities and other public sector organisations.

Our Real Estate lawyers practice in areas including:

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Portfolio asset management
• Commercial and residential development
• Real estate finance
• Agricultural property
• Planning
• Construction
• Real estate disputes.

The size of the team and level of experience and expertise that we have, means that we can deploy specialist Real Estate lawyers at all levels, as appropriate. We can also draw on support from the firm’s very strong Corporate, Commercial, Employment and Private Wealth teams.