Agriculture and Estates Lawyer

PT group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal firm is seeking an experienced Lawyer to join their Agriculture and Estates Team in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years PQE and a strong interest in the agricultural industry. Responsibilities include offering legal advice on estate management and agricultural tenancies while supervising junior staff. The firm provides a supportive environment aimed at developing your career and offers various benefits such as private medical insurance and income protection. This role presents a unique opportunity to work on high-value projects with leading clients.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Bonus scheme

Electric vehicle scheme

Pension scheme

28 days annual leave plus public holidays

Gym membership contribution

Qualifications

• 3+ years PQE with a passion for the agricultural industry.
• Experience in working with rural property is preferred.
• Proactive, ambitious, and organized.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on various agricultural matters.
• Assist clients with estate management and tax planning.
• Supervise and help develop junior team members.

Skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Excellent technical ability

Drafting skills

Teamwork

Relationship-building

Commercial acumen

Organized with attention to detail

Education

Qualified Lawyer (3+ years PQE)

Job description

About The Role

Here at HCR Hewitsons, we are looking for a Lawyer to join our Agriculture and Estates Team. The team is widely recognised as market leading and acts for farmers, landowners and estates in Northamptonshire and wider afield. We are looking for a 3+ years PQE Lawyer to join our established 14 person strong team in Northampton.

Why choose our Agriculture and Estates team?

You will be part of the market leading Agriculture and Estates team of HCR Hewitsons which has consistently been top ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. We are committed to the rural industry; we have been on the NFU Legal panel since 2009 and have close links to the CLA, with team members sitting on County committees. The team are active members of the Agricultural Law Association, with the Director of Education, Committee members, and 4 Fellows of the Agricultural Law Association currently within our ranks. We actively support and encourage engaging with industry groups and other professionals to enable individuals to develop their own network and practice.

What type of work will I do?

We offer good quality work in all types of transactional matters including sales, purchases, and mortgages. We also advise clients on estate management, agricultural tenancies and tax and succession planning. We work closely with our Private Client team to provide a wraparound service for our clients as well as advising on the cutting edge of conservation management and natural capital projects. We act for some of the largest landowners in the country, 4 of our clients being within the top 50 landowners in the UK. We are leading the way putting in place agreements to unlock Biodiversity Net Gain. Our land-owning clients have renewable energy schemes and strategic land sales with values in excess of £100m.

About You

We are looking for a Lawyer with a passion for the agricultural industry to join our Central England team based in Northampton. Our team will support to develop your career, whilst allowing you to supervise and develop more junior members of the team. You will ideally have some experience of working with rural property, but applications from candidates with mixed property experience are welcomed.

• 3+ years PQE
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
• Excellent technical ability and drafting skills
• Can demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
• Strong commercial acumen
• Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail

About Us

Benefits of working with us:

• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need it, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.

A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership