Private Property & Agriculture-Associate / Sr Associate-Taunton

Overview

As an Associate/Senior Associate, you will manage a caseload of rural and agricultural property matters for a respected national law firm in Taunton. You will handle high-value estates, advise on diversification and renewable energy projects, and support environmental and planning-related issues. You will collaborate with planning, estate planning, and litigation teams while developing strong client relationships with farming families, estates, investors, and banks. This is a growth-focused role in a supportive, career-driven culture with clear progression.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible benefits
• wellbeing and work life balance
• learning and development
• progression opportunities

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of rural and agricultural property matters, including high-value estates and unregistered land
• Advise on complex transactions involving diversification, renewable energy projects and environmental issues
• Handle full range of rural property work: payments, tenancies, rights of way, environmental considerations, secured lending
• Manage landlord and tenant matters under agricultural legislation
• Collaborate with planning, estate planning and litigation teams
• Build strong relationships with clients including estates, farming families, investors and banks

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor or legal executive with strong academics
• Confident managing own workload and communicating with clients
• Team focused, organised and commercially aware
• Keen to develop technical skills and contribute to business development

• client communication
• team collaboration
• commercial awareness
• rural property knowledge
• landlord and tenant
• planning

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