Murray Beith Murray LLP

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• ‘Very approachable team and willing to meet clients on-site.’

• ‘Andrew Linehan has many years of extensive experience in the rural sector, including advising farms and estates on property matters, both at transactional and strategic levels.'

• 'Andrew Linehan is very good at liaising closely with clients, and recognises the importance of understanding both the positive and negative consequences of any instruction, before the instructions are put into action.'

• ‘The rural team at Murray Beith Murray led by Andrew Linehan provides advice that is practical, personal, relevant to the circumstances and, more importantly, works on the ground. They offer a real alternative to the large Edinburgh practices.’

• ‘Andrew Linehan is a gentle giant with an understated manner, who commands a natural confidence and authority, which makes you listen attentively to the advice provided.’

• ‘The Murray Beith Murray team combines technical expertise and experience across the full breadth of the rural land sector with excellent client care and communication skills. They are also excellent in collaboration with other professional advisors (e.g land agents and tax advisors) to ensure their clients receive the best possible advice.’

• ‘I have worked particularly closely with Andrew Linehan and his colleagues, Nicola Roberts and Dorothy Lawrence. Their ability to maintain momentum in the transaction, address the legal technicalities and process them efficiently as well as the quality of reporting to the client and agent sets them apart from many of their peers in the sector.’

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Andrew Linehan

Murray Beith Murray LLP

Partner - Rural property & estates  Andrew Linehan is Head of the Rural Property group at Murray Beith Murray. He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Agricultural Law. His work covers a wide range of rural property transactions, including agricultural leasing, the sale and purchase of farms, estates and forestry, renewable energy schemes, servitudes sportings (including salmon fishings) and feudal dignities. Acting for a number of farming families and rural businesses, Andrew works closely with Murray Beith Murray's private client teams to advise on partnership and succession issues. Andrew acts for clients across Scotland and beyond. Andrew is Legal Advisor to the Scottish Agricultural Arbiters and Valuers Association (SAAVA), having previously acted as Secretary and Legal Advisor to a regional Agricultural Valuers body for 11 years.