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    Landed Estates and Heritage Property Legal Services

The owners of landed estates and heritage property, and the land and property itself, come in many different shapes and sizes.

These include traditional multi-generational families right through to overseas investors, who own a range of assets, such as country houses, farms, forests, vineyards, equine businesses, stately homes and urban estates.

However, they each face age-old challenges relating to succession, death and divorce; challenges around Brexit; tax reform; and responding to the new opportunities and challenges that may arise.

Our clients are having to adapt to new roles and responsibilities around this. The owners, the agents and the estate managers are each trying to understand how best to support according to each other's needs.

We are alongside, helping you navigate these issues, from tenancy, to employment, to insurance, as well as commercialising assets and future-proofing with careful brand management and strategic land developments. We can also advise on heritage issues, and problems arising around art and shared assets.

We have detailed below some of the themes we can discuss with you to make the most of the current opportunities.

For more information about the specific Private Client legal services we provide, including buying and selling residential property, and legal services we provide to businesses, please visit the relevant pages below.

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In conversation with Lady Ashcombe of Sudeley Castle

As we begin our sponsorship with Historic Houses, we took the opportunity to interview the owner of Sudeley Castle, one of the original members of the organisation.

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Historic Houses

"We are delighted to welcome Charles Russell Speechlys as the newly appointed Historic Houses legal sponsor." - Martha Lytton, Historic Houses President

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Meet our landed estates and heritage property lawyers

Recognition

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Excellent technical knowledge delivered with strong commercial awareness."

Legal 500 UK, 2024, Private Client - Agriculture and Estates

The Charles Russell Speechlys team are able to provide commentary, opinion and general support to clients, and are clear when additional input is required."

Chambers & Partners UK 2024, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
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Our Landed Estates & Heritage Property services

Buying and Selling Legal Services

Buying and Selling

What do I need to consider when buying or selling a landed or urban estate as a UK or international buyer? 

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Diversification and Growth Opportunities

Diversification and Growth Opportunities

How can I diversify my estate plan and commercialise my assets? 

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Land and Estate Management Legal Services

Land and Estate Management

What are my on-going commitments when managing an estate?

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Succession and Ownership Structures

Succession and Ownership Structures

What should I be considering when passing on my assets to the next generation?

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Investors and Entrepreneurs

For individuals who own and invest in fast growth or family businesses.

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Professionals & Senior Executives

For those managing and running businesses.

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Art & Luxury Lawyers

Art & Luxury

Our specialist lawyers help collectors, creators and curators protect the value of the objects they love.

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Philanthropy Legal Services

Philanthropy

For philanthropists and sustainable investors.

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Strategic Land Legal Services

Strategic Land

Our strategic land team offers a one-stop service to landowners, helping you plan for and realise maximum value.

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What's important to you is important to us. Let's talk

If you would like to speak to a member of our Private Wealth team or to find out more about how we work, please get in touch.

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Our thinking

  • Simon Weil writes for Trusts & Trustees on cross-border philanthropy

    Simon Weil

    In the Press

  • Relocating to Switzerland: Swiss tax residency

    Grégoire Uldry

    Insights

  • The Financial Times quotes Sophie Dworetzsky on the potential watering down of Labour’s non-dom tax plans

    Sophie Dworetzsky

    In the Press

  • Swiss estates: would a 50% tax on the super-rich be appropriate?

    Alexia Egger Castillo

    Quick Reads

  • Bloomberg quotes Dominic Lawrance on the impact of phasing out the non-domicile tax status in the UK

    Dominic Lawrance

    In the Press

  • “This is going to hurt” – potential implications of the forthcoming Budget on financial arrangements on divorce

    Charlotte Posnansky

    Quick Reads

  • How the forewarned ‘hike’ on private school fees is going to bite – a family law and Private Office perspective

    Jemimah Fleet

    Quick Reads

  • Asian Private Banker quotes Dominic Lawrance and Julia Cox on anticipated tax changes in the UK

    Dominic Lawrance

    In the Press

  • Mark Howard writes for the Financial Times’ Your Questions column on the pros and cons of becoming a non-executive director

    Mark Howard

    In the Press

  • Removing A Trustee From a Trust

    Lydia Kember

    Insights

  • Regime change: The beginning of the end of the remittance basis

    Dominic Lawrance

    Insights

  • Prosperity Prep: Equipping the Next Generation for Wealth and Business Success

    Patrick Chan

    Events

  • Hubbis quotes Jeffrey Lee on succession planning

    Jeffrey Lee

    In the Press

  • Thomas Moran and Ruth Morris write for Prime Resi on the future of London's prime property market

    Thomas Moran

    In the Press

  • Budgeting for change: what should Landed Estates be doing before the Budget?

    Sarah Wray

    Quick Reads

  • The Telegraph quotes Dominic Lawrance on anticipated tax changes and the impact on non-doms

    Dominic Lawrance

    In the Press

  • Relocation to Italy: Italian Lump Sum Tax Regime

    Nicola Saccardo

    Insights

  • Adviser.ca quotes Robert Reymond and Jonathan Rothwell on the abolition of the UK non-dom regime and options available for existing non-doms

    Robert Reymond

    In the Press

  • Vanessa Duff writes for Expat Living on navigating divorce with a neurodivergent child

    Vanessa Duff

    In the Press

  • James Elliott-Hughes writes for Today's Family Lawyer on the legal balance of Love Island's power couple upon separation

    James Elliott-Hughes

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