Job Description
At 7+ PQE, rural property should probably be about more than running good files.nnn It should be about building something.nnn A client base.nnn A reputation.nnn A team.nnn A practice that has some shape around it rather than simply waiting for the next instruction to land.nnn I’m keen to speak with experienced Rural Property lawyers in Newcastle and the wider North East who are operating at Senior Associate, Legal Director or Partner level and would be interested in taking a more significant role within a growing national platform.nnn The work has a strong landed estates slant.nnn Farms.nnn Agricultural estates.nnn Country houses.nnn Tenancies.nnn Development land.nnn Succession.nnn Refinancing.nnn Estate management.nnn The sort of work where the property itself is only part of the picture and the real value comes from understanding the family, the business and the long-term plan behind it.nnn For the right person, this is less about finding another job and more about finding the right platform.nnn Somewhere you can bring existing relationships with you, deepen those relationships and develop new ones without feeling like every opportunity has to fit inside a narrow local structure.nnn Somewhere rural property sits alongside private client, tax, planning, disputes and wider commercial expertise.nnn And somewhere there is scope to play a genuine role in shaping the practice rather than simply slotting into one.nnn You do not need to arrive with a gigantic following.nnn But you should be commercially credible, comfortable developing relationships and confident being visible in the market.nnn Ideally, you will already have a strong grounding in agricultural and rural property work, landed estates or a closely related commercial property practice with meaningful rural exposure.nnn The more senior you are, the more interested I am in what you have built around the technical work.nnn Your clients.nnn Your network.nnn Your reputation.nnn Your ideas for where a practice like this could go.nnn If you are 7+ PQE and starting to think about whether your current firm gives you enough room to build the next stage of your career, speak to Neil Campbell at QED Legal.nnn I can talk you through the opportunity, the wider platform and why I think this could be a particularly strong fit for someone who wants to develop a serious landed estates practice in the North East.
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