United Kingdom - Scotland • Private client
Anderson Strathern
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With an impressive client roster including some of Scotland’s largest estates, Anderson Strathern‘s rural practice is well placed to handle a variety of contentious and non-contentious agricultural mandates with a particular emphasis on the renewable energy sector. Practice head John Mitchell is the key contact for high-profile rural property transactions, including the sale and purchase of major estates and land areas. Adele Nicol advises on agricultural and residential tenancies matters, while Linsey Barclay-Smith handles partnership disputes. The team also includes Anne Chapman, Sheonagh Richards, legal director Tim Macdonald, who joined the firm from Lindsays in December 2022, and associate Karen Craig.
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‘A very well connected practice, which works seamlessly with other practices within the firm, such as planning and tax, as well as with external specialists. They are friendly, responsive and commercially minded and good at listening to clients and thinking strategically about the best way to achieve the objective.’
‘Linsey Barclay-Smith is friendly, charming and effective. She knows everyone of relevance in the sector and is able and willing to call on her excellent network for the right resources in any given situation.’
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Key clients
- The Buccleuch Estates Limited
- Crown Estate Scotland
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Work highlights
- Acting on two significant sales to complete Buccleuch’s planned disposal of Langholm Moor. Consistent with current policy, the objective of both buyers is the future land management for environmental gain in an attempt to address the twin emergencies of climate change and biodiversity loss.
- Continues to advise Oxbury Bank plc, a new entrant into the agricultural lending market, in relation to its Scottish lending documentation and significant secured lending over several farms in Scotland during the review period.
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