Real Estate

Partner in Real Estate specialising in strategic land and rural property. Undertakes complex strategic land work advising on options, promotion agreements and conditional contracts associated with major projects regularly acting for consortia of landowners. Also works within the firm’s Food and Farming team advising on the purchase and sale of estates, farms, country houses, commercial forestry, island properties, sporting rights and salmon fishings. Expertise extends to advising landowners and investors on natural capital opportunities including rural land acquisition and management for Biodiversity Net Gain, carbon and other environmental outcomes. Clients include traditional land and estate owners, family trusts, farm partnerships and institutional investors. Dual qualified to practise in Scotland and England and Wales.

Trained Balfour + Manson, Edinburgh 2003-2005; Maclay Murray & Spens, Edinburgh 2005-2006; Balfour + Manson, Edinburgh 2006-2008; DM Mackinnon, Oban 2009-2010; Murray Beith Murray, Edinburgh 2010-2015; Burges Salmon, Bristol 2015 to present; Partner since 2020

Agricultural Law Association

University of Glasgow (1998-2002); Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2002-2003); QLTS (2017)