Shakespeare Martineau LLP
Shakespeare Martineau is a national UK law firm with specialist expertise in agriculture and rural affairs.
Its agricultural lawyers work with farmers, landowners, estate managers and food producers across the UK – providing practical legal advice to help protect their land, support their businesses and plan for the future.
How we can help
Our agricultural specialists advise on issues affecting land, business and family, including:
- Land and property: Farm sales and purchases, agricultural holdings and tenancies, refinancing, land rights, grazing arrangements, boundaries and planning
- Diversification: Renewable energy, development, leisure and tourism, biodiversity net gain and natural capital
- Farm businesses: Partnerships, restructuring, commercial contracts, finance, employment and immigration
- Disputes: Land, ownership, partnership, boundary and other agricultural disputes
- Succession and family: Succession planning, wills, trusts, tax, estate planning and inheritance.
- Regulatory: involving public bodies, including environmental and food-sector regulators.
We understand that in farming, the land, business and family are often inseparable. Our team takes the time to understand your circumstances and provide straightforward, commercially focused advice to help you make informed decisions and manage risk.
Is your farm fit for the future?
Our free, confidential health check questionnaire helps you take a step back and consider your farm, business and family affairs as a whole.
By completing the questionnaire, you can identify potential areas of concern and consider what plans could be put in place to protect your assets, manage risk and support the future of your business and family.
Whether you need advice on a farm sale, diversification, partnership, dispute or succession planning, Shakespeare Martineau can provide legal support at every stage of your farming journey.