• Agriculture and landed estates
• Commercial property
• Residential property
• Charity property
• Development
• Renewable energy

Ethan is the head of our Agricultural and Rural Business team.

Ethan graduated from the University of Reading and qualified as a solicitor in 2007. Ethan specialised in rural and agricultural property matters at two firms in the Midlands before joining Furley Page in 2016 and became a Partner in May 2018.

Ethan advises agricultural estates, farmers and other landowners on a full range of residential, commercial and agricultural property matters. These include farm sales and purchases, development options and promotion agreements, tenancy advice (including agricultural tenancies), overage agreements and renewable energy projects.

Ethan’s workload typically comprises of:

• acting for sellers and buyers in relation to land transactions, whether that involves whole farms/businesses or smaller land parcels;
• acting for landowners in the sale of development land, particularly the grant of residential development options or promotion agreements to major developers;
• advising landowners in relation to renewable energy projects;
• assisting with the management of landed estates in a range of property or business restructuring matters;
• providing landowners and tenants with advice on agricultural tenancies, including surrender/regrant arrangements for tax planning purposes and succession tenancies; and;
• dealing with the sale and purchase of high value residential properties or estates.

• Agricultural Law Association (ALA)

• Country Land and Business Association (CLA)

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