England - London • Private client
BDB Pitmans
Under the joint leadership of Tristan Ward and Paddy Lynam, BDB Pitmans remains busy advising numerous high-net-worth individuals and high-profile British and international families on various legal issues relating to their rural property. Clients include those who have derived their wealth from rural properties as well as those who have made their wealth in other industries and wish to own rural property. Hugo Smith specialises in estate and tax planning matters with particular expertise in landed estates and heritage assets.
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Testimonials
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‘Great personable skills and good accessibility to partners. Clients well advised and kept up to speed. Paddy Lynam and Tristan Ward are key names'.
‘Constantly finding solutions rather than problems'.
‘Paddy Lynam is a dynamic operator in his prime. Easily contactable and seeing the bigger picture for his clients. Tristan Ward has an encyclopaedia of the minutiae and can see how they can impact on a given transaction. The ultimate duo to have in your corner'.
‘Good collaboration and a commercial outlook throughout'.
‘I have worked with Tristan Ward at BDB Pitmans. Tristan has an outstanding knowledge of landed estates and all the complexities that go with them. His technical excellence and attention to detail have been exemplary'.
‘Great knowledge and diverse expertise across all sectors of the property legal fields’.
‘Tristan Ward is extremely intelligent and thorough’.
- 'A super responsive and "unstuffy" team. Patrick Lynam - responsive, thorough, thoughtful. On the client's side but always sharing perspectives for what the other side might react with'.
Key clients
- The Royal Agricultural Society of England
- BioFarm
- Mansfields Farms
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tristan Ward, Paddy Lynam