Agricultural property solicitor
2 days ago
Bath
Job Title: Solicitor 2 – 10 PQE Department: Agriculture & Estate Salary: DOE circa £60K – £90K + bonus Hours: Full Time, permanent Location: Bath, hybrid. Job Reference: CWS446 OVERVIEW Top Ranked Legal 500 firm. This opportunity is ideal for a solicitor with a genuine interest in rural affairs and experience in agricultural or rural property law. You’ll join a specialist team advising a diverse range of clients including farmers, landowners, estates, and agribusinesses. RESPONSIBILITIES • Manage your own caseload of agricultural and commercial property matters from start to finish, including sales, purchases, lettings, and licences involving farmland, rural buildings, and estates., • Advise on land development and diversification projects, such as promotion and option agreements, and renewable energy schemes., • Draft and negotiate a range of agricultural property agreements, with support from paralegals and collaboration across the team., • Provide legal input on estate management, including succession planning, AHA and FBT tenancies, and rights of way., • Work closely with colleagues in other departments to advise clients on regulatory, commercial, and compliance issues affecting rural businesses., • Build and maintain strong, long-term client relationships with landowners, farmers, and estate managers., • Stay informed on legal and policy developments in agricultural, land use, and environmental law EXPERIENCE REQUIRED • Qualified solicitor (England & Wales), ideally with 2+ years’ PQE agricultural/ rural property land law, • Strong technical knowledge of rural property matters, • Excellent client-facing and communication skills, • A genuine interest in countryside affairs and rural communities, • Experience working with farming businesses, estates, or landowners is highly desirable BENEFITS – one of the best on the market • Up to 27 days holiday + bank + option to buy and sell + special occasion leave (birthday/wedding etc), • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave., • Enhanced employer pension contribution, • Life assurance, • Private medical and dental insurance + Healthcare cashplan + income protection, • Various other perks and discounts including legal services, gym discounts, shops, season tickets etc., • Many more. For more details please contact: cait.woodrow-smith @ Simpsonjudge.co.uk