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Our Estates and Land group provides comprehensive support to clients in the sector.
We advise a broad range of estate and landowners, from longstanding estate owners to new buyers of farms and estates, to institutional and international investors in rural property, farmers and entrepreneurs in the sector.
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Burges Salmon has offices in London, Edinburgh and Bristol and regularly advises clients with high-value landed estates on a range of issues, including environmental and natural capital projects as well as trust, tax and succession matters.
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The team at Burges Salmon is very good. They take the time to be helpful, they have a generational ability and they get on with everyone. I can't fault them.
The team is phenomenal, and this is their absolute sweet spot. Each member of the department knows how the law works in rural affairs. They are very professional, on top of their work and work together with us to get the best result.
Burges Salmon has great knowledge, and as a team it is really friendly and approachable.
Team collaboration is really good. We work really well together. They have great knowledge in the space and specialists in the area, which is really useful.
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Kevin Kennedy is a partner at Burges Salmon. He regularly advises clients on issues concerning their high-value landed estates.
Kevin has great knowledge of the space and gets the job done. Clients are always safe with him.
He is always willing to help and listen to our concerns. He will guide us and give us opinions as well, which is very helpful, whilst still listening to what you have said.
Kevin Kennedy is enthusiastic, always incredibly upbeat and really positive. Even for some difficult matters, you feel you get a thorough and full service from him. He is really keen to always strengthen the relationship that we have with him as clients, too.
Tom Hewitt heads the landed estates team at Burges Salmon. He offers private client advice to landed estate owners and is well regarded in the area for his work.
Tom's knowledge of how our business works is a complete goldmine. His longevity in the industry, simplification of complex law and immense knowledge of companies and trusts makes him invaluable.
Tom is exceptionally good. He is truly phenomenal and incredibly sensible in his work.
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