Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP's Newcastle-based agriculture practice is headed by landed estates expert Simon Kirkup who continues to act as a trustee for landowning families and advising investors on acquisitions. The team boasts an extensive client portfolio, acting for the North’s most significant landowners as well as for several public authorities and quasi-public bodies. Andrew Farquharson handles rural property aspects and regularly acts in the sale and purchase of large estates, farms and sporting estates, with notable expertise in acting for landowners in the grant of options and leases to renewable energy operators. Managing associate Ellen Rutherford focuses on Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies and disputes.