Rural & Business Estates
Farming and other rural businesses are facing great change from all sides.
Legislative change, the impact of climate change, technological innovation and complex environmental regulation are just a few of the factors that are increasing the pressure on agricultural business.
Our specialist rural business advisers are here to guide you through the complexity. We’ll help you to avoid the threats and realise the many opportunities in this changing landscape to grow your business.
Rural businesses come to us with a wide range of legal needs and commercial aspirations. We’re experts in helping rural businesses to use their property, sustainability opportunities and brand profitably in the short, medium and long-term.
We can help you with advice on:
- Succession planning
- Property advice, management and disputes
- Property finance
- Development, including landowner consortia
- Planning and environmental
- Commercial and corporate
- Employment
- Partnership and shareholder agreements
- Tax and wealth structuring
- Business and personal disputes
- Health and safety
- Intellectual property
- Food and drink
- Renewable energy
- Strategic land ownership and development
- Family issues including pre and post-nuptial agreements or cohabitation agreements
- Mineral, manorial and sporting rights
- Registering unregistered land and rectifying issues with the title.
Our Rural team includes experts from across the firm. Whether you need advice on personal or commercial matters (so often they overlap), you’ll find that we have specialists who can help you. This breadth of legal expertise means we build long-lasting relationships with our rural clients, who know they can come to us no matter what they need help with.
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