Agricultural and Rural Property Solicitor

Agricultural and Rural Property Solicitor

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We are delighted to have made significant growth to our Agricultural and Rural Land team this year with the addition of a further leading expert and the addition of a senior paralegal on route to qualification in 2025. We are now expanding our team even further. We are currently looking to recruit a solicitor who can build their experience working collaboratively on rural matters, whilst also running your own caseload. This may include more straightforward real estate transactions as well as more specialist transactions.

Here at FSP we are long-established in providing legal services to the rural and agricultural community in the Thames Valley and beyond and there are few firms in the region to rival FSP’s breadth and depth of expertise in this field.

FSP’s Agricultural and Rural Land team are regularly engaged in rural, agricultural and development transactions.

The team advises on farm disposals and acquisitions, farm related tenancies, ancillary rural commercial ventures such as granting wayleaves and easements to utility providers. The team has significant expertise in farm business diversification projects, offering strategic land advice to clients seeking to leverage greater value through conversion of their natural land to consented development, which includes numerous residential development schemes, renewable energy projects, and biodiversity net gain offsetting, forestry, carbon offsetting and agri-environmental incentives and various other commercial enterprises.

FSP’s Agricultural and Rural Land team brings together the knowledge and expertise of highly experienced lawyers to provide a diverse range of specialisms. The team is best known for its attention to detail balanced with a pragmatic outlook, whilst not losing sight of the overall commercial terms of the transaction in hand. The team is known for its approachability and straightforward advice on complex agricultural transactions.

The wider Agricultural and Rural Land group consists of specialist Wills and Estates, trusts, litigation, family, corporate, partnership and employment lawyers.

The role

The role offers a significant level of variety and interest. You will work across a range of work-types, which will include more traditional agricultural property work, along with assisting clients with all manner of diversification projects. Clients will span many areas to attract your interest, ranging from farmers, landowners, investors, Universities and Colleges, advising on a whole range of agricultural and development work.

Day to day work includes on a wide range of matters connected with rural property, including sales and acquisitions of agricultural land and buildings, property development, investment work, renewable energy projects, drafting overage provisions, farm-related tenancies including succession rights and surrenders, wayleaves and easements, and more. You may also get involved in supporting the wider real estate team.

You will receive good supervision and training, with the opportunity in time to build a name for yourself in a rewarding and varied discipline. The team will encourage you to get involved in business development opportunities as part of the team and firm generally.

About you

You should be able to demonstrate an interest in the rural sector and an affinity with our clients and contacts. You will benefit from support and career development from highly regarded and experienced partners with access to cases of a quality hard to find elsewhere in the Thames Valley. We like to provide tailored and pragmatic solutions for our clients so being able to demonstrate a high level of client care is essential.

If you are interested in our vacancy please apply with a detailed CV