Rural Associate/ Senior Associate - #1745365
Burges Salmon LLP
Date: 1 day ago
City: Bristol
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
The Opportunity
Are you a talented and dedicated solicitor with a passion for rural property law? Do you have experience acting for landowners and an interest in the diverse opportunities rural land presents including around nature markets? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
The Team
Our Rural Property team is a specialist team within our wider Real Estate Department.
Described in the Legal Directories as “vibrant, proactive, personable and engaging”, our rural property team are renowned for their strength and depth and for their expert handling of some of the biggest and most significant transactions in the specialist market for large agriculture estates in the UK. The team is integral to the firm's multidisciplinary Estates and Land specialism, providing expert advice to a broad range of estate and landowners, from new buyers of farms and estates to institutional and international investors in rural property, as well as conservation-focused enterprises and charities. The team collaborates closely with our private client and dispute resolution teams, and works alongside lawyers in related fields such as banking, planning, environment, energy, projects and corporate law to provide truly joined up rural property advice and solutions.
Work
The team's work encompasses all areas of rural land and business, from lifestyle buyers of country houses to historic landowners managing estates and well-established rural businesses expanding into new projects. We have a national practice spread across Scotland as well as England and Wales, and so are uniquely placed to advise clients building and managing UK wide portfolios. We are a well-connected team dealing regularly with all of the major rural land agents and other multipliers.
We act on the sale, purchase, leasing and mortgaging of farms, estates, country houses and other rural properties and advise on a wide range of issues arising from the ownership, occupation and management of rural land and buildings. We also have an exceptional track record of advising landowners and other stakeholders on innovative, first-of-their-kind, natural capital and sustainable land use projects.
What Others Say…
“Burges Salmon has a pre-eminent reputation in this field which they have maintained over many decades and which is deserved because the amount of experience and expertise they have built up over that time.” (Legal 500)
“Burges Salmon has an excellent depth of expertise, which allows partners to efficiently manage an instruction. The team provides an excellent level of service in a timely fashion.“ (Chambers UK).
Key Clients
Clients include significant rural landowners such as The Crown Estate, charitable institutions, investors and lenders, as well as numerous private owners and occupiers. Our roster of clients is increasingly made up of conservation-focused enterprises also, such as Oxygen Conservation.
The Firm
Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is totally refreshing. It's what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.
We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At' for the last four years consecutively.
And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?
What You'll Need
Click here for a full overview of our brilliant reward package.
We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.
It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.
Get in touch!
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Abbie Jackson - 0117 307 6776 - for an informal and confidential conversation.
Are you a talented and dedicated solicitor with a passion for rural property law? Do you have experience acting for landowners and an interest in the diverse opportunities rural land presents including around nature markets? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
The Team
Our Rural Property team is a specialist team within our wider Real Estate Department.
Described in the Legal Directories as “vibrant, proactive, personable and engaging”, our rural property team are renowned for their strength and depth and for their expert handling of some of the biggest and most significant transactions in the specialist market for large agriculture estates in the UK. The team is integral to the firm's multidisciplinary Estates and Land specialism, providing expert advice to a broad range of estate and landowners, from new buyers of farms and estates to institutional and international investors in rural property, as well as conservation-focused enterprises and charities. The team collaborates closely with our private client and dispute resolution teams, and works alongside lawyers in related fields such as banking, planning, environment, energy, projects and corporate law to provide truly joined up rural property advice and solutions.
Work
The team's work encompasses all areas of rural land and business, from lifestyle buyers of country houses to historic landowners managing estates and well-established rural businesses expanding into new projects. We have a national practice spread across Scotland as well as England and Wales, and so are uniquely placed to advise clients building and managing UK wide portfolios. We are a well-connected team dealing regularly with all of the major rural land agents and other multipliers.
We act on the sale, purchase, leasing and mortgaging of farms, estates, country houses and other rural properties and advise on a wide range of issues arising from the ownership, occupation and management of rural land and buildings. We also have an exceptional track record of advising landowners and other stakeholders on innovative, first-of-their-kind, natural capital and sustainable land use projects.
What Others Say…
“Burges Salmon has a pre-eminent reputation in this field which they have maintained over many decades and which is deserved because the amount of experience and expertise they have built up over that time.” (Legal 500)
“Burges Salmon has an excellent depth of expertise, which allows partners to efficiently manage an instruction. The team provides an excellent level of service in a timely fashion.“ (Chambers UK).
Key Clients
Clients include significant rural landowners such as The Crown Estate, charitable institutions, investors and lenders, as well as numerous private owners and occupiers. Our roster of clients is increasingly made up of conservation-focused enterprises also, such as Oxygen Conservation.
The Firm
Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is totally refreshing. It's what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.
We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At' for the last four years consecutively.
And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?
What You'll Need
- Relevant experience working on property transactions and matters for landed estates and rural property
- Must be a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer
Click here for a full overview of our brilliant reward package.
We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.
It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.
Get in touch!
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Abbie Jackson - 0117 307 6776 - for an informal and confidential conversation.
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