Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP frequently assists significant landowners, public authorities and quasi-public bodies, private estate owners and other landowning organisations nationwide. Simon Kirkup leads the department and advises on the ownership of landed estates, and the acquisition and management of farms and estates. Andrew Farquharson‘s practice covers all aspects of rural property, with particular expertise in the grant of options and leases to renewable energy operators. Other key members of the team are Rosanne Tweddle, Alice Causer, Ellen Rutherford and Georgina Suddes, who all cover a broad range of advice in connection to rural properties.
Work highlights
- Assisted as a neutral independent trustee of a number of family trusts which together own an £8m agricultural holding in Yorkshire.