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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.
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.
Historic Houses
"We are delighted to welcome Charles Russell Speechlys as the newly appointed Historic Houses legal sponsor." - Martha Lytton, Historic Houses President
Meet our landed estates and heritage property lawyers
Recognition
They are highly professional, knowledgeable, and responsive to requests. They provide high-quality legal advice.
Very knowledgeable and experienced in this sector. Highly collegiate with other advisers. Delivering practical advice.
They are excellent in producing level-headed, pragmatic solutions and thinking outside the box. Each member of the practice is highly qualified, technically excellent, well grounded and diligent.
Charles Russell Speechlys have a very detailed understanding of complex trusts and their tax treatment. They always apply proportionate commerciality to tax and trust problems.
The team is very strong and able to pull in knowledge from all areas."
The team provides expert and excellent tax advice in particular. They are commercial in their approach, understand the issues facing land and estate owners and can call from a wide bank of expertise from around the firm."
A deep and enduring knowledge of the landed estate sector. They have the technical perspective alongside an understanding of how owners of estates think."
Our awards
Our Landed Estates & Heritage Property 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?
Diversification and Growth Opportunities
How can I diversify my estate plan and commercialise my assets?
Succession and Ownership Structures
What should I be considering when passing on my assets to the next generation?
Related pages
Investors, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
For individuals who own and invest in fast growth or family businesses.
Art & Luxury
Our specialist lawyers help collectors, creators and curators protect the value of the objects they love.
Strategic Land
Our strategic land team offers a one-stop service to landowners, helping you plan for and realise maximum value.
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.
Our thinking
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Cristiana Felisi writes for We Wealth on family pacts and intra-family corporate restructuring
Maria Cristiana Felisi
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Cristiana Felisi writes for We Wealth, considering circumstances where the right to reduce inheritance applies
Maria Cristiana Felisi
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Jonathan Burt comments in The Telegraph on HMRC’s consultation on the Uncertain Tax Treatment regime
Jonathan Burt
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Miranda Fisher and Hannah Owen write in the Daily Mail's This is Money section on whether you can divorce your parents
Miranda Fisher
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Supply Chain Resilience: From "Just in Time" to "Just in Case"
Mark Dewar
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Faster Company Formation: Share Capital Can Now Be Paid After Incorporation
Victor Regnard
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Under Oath – Not Under Attack: A practical guide on how to give evidence in the Family Court
Charlotte Posnansky
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Tamasin Perkins comments in Today's Family Lawyer on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Tamasin Perkins
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Lend in Haste, Repent at Leisure: Loans and Trusts – UK Tax Traps
Alice Martin
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Nicola Thorpe and Sally Ashford comment in Law.com International on the importance of trusted, long term relationships in advising high-net-worth clients
Nicola Thorpe
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Protecting what matters: Your guide to wills and Powers of Attorney
Abbie Hook
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Thomas Moran comments in eprivateclient on the proposed pied-à-terre tax in New York and how it compares to similar measures previously introduced in the prime property London market
Thomas Moran
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James Riby comments in Today’s Family Lawyer about family, household, and cohabitation trends in the UK
James Riby
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Gaven Cheong and Jeffrey Lee comment in eprivateclient about how Hong Kong is repositioning itself as a global wealth hub
Gaven Cheong
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Shona Alexander and Maddie Dunn contribute to Family Law Journal, examining how disputes and relationship breakdowns can impact family farms
Shona Alexander
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Jamie Kennaugh comments in Investors’ Chronicle on how couples can safeguard their finances
Jamie Kennaugh
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eprivateclient features an article by Matt Foster and Sarah Moore on untangling crypto assets in divorce
Matt Foster
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Bloomberg Tax quotes Sally Ashford on the forthcoming HMRC requirement for lawyers to register as tax advisers
Sally Ashford
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