Client

A highly successful Legal 500 ranked property team in the Thames Valley are seeking a Rural and Agricultural NQ to join them.

Role

The role offers a significant level of variety and interest. You will work across a range of work-types, which will include more traditional agricultural property work, along with assisting clients with all manner of diversification projects. Clients will span many areas to attract your interest, ranging from farmers, landowners, investors, Universities and Colleges, advising on a whole range of agricultural and development work.

Day to day work includes on a wide range of matters connected with rural property, including sales and acquisitions of agricultural land and buildings, property development, investment work, renewable energy projects, drafting overage provisions, farm-related tenancies including succession rights and surrenders, wayleaves and easements, and more. You may also get involved in supporting the wider real estate team.

You will receive good supervision and training, with the opportunity in time to build a name for yourself in a rewarding and varied discipline. The team will encourage you to get involved in business development opportunities as part of the team and firm generally.

The team advises on farm disposals and acquisitions, farm related tenancies, ancillary rural commercial ventures such as granting wayleaves and easements to utility providers. The team has significant expertise in farm business diversification projects, offering strategic land advice to clients seeking to leverage greater value through conversion of their natural land to consented development, which includes numerous residential development schemes, renewable energy projects, and biodiversity net gain offsetting, forestry, carbon offsetting and agri-environmental incentives and various other commercial enterprises.

About you

You should be able to demonstrate an interest in the rural sector and an affinity with the firm's clients and contacts. You will benefit from support and career development from highly regarded and experienced partners with access to cases of a quality hard to find elsewhere in the Thames Valley.

Why apply?

You will join a team with an excellent reputation in the Thames Valley. You will be working with exciting dynamic clients in a firm that pride themselves on developing their employees careers and rewarding them for their hard work.

The team are afforded a very attractive work life balance so this could be suited to a lawyer working in the City or with a regional firm looking for a more flexible role. There are also excellent career opportunities for the right individual.

Please contact Kate Albon at KMA Legal for more information or apply as directed.