HCR Law
All levels - Agriculture and Estates
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About The Role
Grow your rural practice with us!
Are you an Agriculture & Estates lawyer looking for a role where you can do more than simply manage a caseload?
We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded lawyer to join our Agriculture & Estates team in Leamington Spa, helping us build on an established presence in Warwickshire and the surrounding rural market.
This is a growth hire and we're open-minded on level. We're particularly keen to hear from Associates, Senior Associates and Legal Directors, although we'd equally welcome conversations with talented lawyers outside these levels who have the right agricultural or rural property experience.
HCR has one of the largest Agriculture & Estates teams in the country, handling matters ranging from everyday rural property issues through to major strategic projects. Its expertise includes agricultural tenancies and contracts, natural capital, agricultural support schemes, green energy and wider property matters.
What you'll be doing
You'll work with farmers, landowners, landed estates and rural businesses, becoming a trusted adviser and helping clients navigate both the opportunities and challenges that come with owning, managing and developing rural land.
Depending On Your Experience, Your Work Could Include
- Farm, estate and agricultural land acquisitions and disposals
- Agricultural tenancies, Farm Business Tenancies and occupation arrangements
- Easements, rights of way and other rural property matters
- Estate management and complex land matters
- Agricultural mortgages and secured lending
- Rural diversification and development opportunities
- Strategic land and development projects
- Natural capital and environmental opportunities
- Renewable and green energy projects
- Building and developing relationships with land agents, surveyors and other rural professionals
- Supporting the continued growth of HCR's Agriculture & Estates presence across Warwickshire and the Midlands
There is already specialist Agriculture & Estates experience in Leamington. Alex Robinson advises agricultural and rural landowners and tenants on farm and estate sales and purchases, easements, rights of way, boundary matters, agricultural tenancies and mortgages.
About You
We're less focused on a specific number of years' PQE and more interested in what you can bring to the team.
You'll Ideally Have
- Experience in Agriculture & Estates, Agricultural Property, Rural Property or a closely related Real Estate specialism
- Strong knowledge of rural and agricultural property transactions
- An understanding of the commercial issues facing farmers, landowners and landed estates
- The confidence to develop and maintain your own client relationships
- A practical, commercial and personable approach to providing legal advice
- An interest in networking and developing relationships across the rural community
- The ability to work autonomously while collaborating with specialists across the wider firm
- An ambition to develop your reputation and play a meaningful role in growing the practice
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For more senior candidates, we'd particularly value an existing network within the Warwickshire, West Midlands or wider rural market, together with an appetite for business development and team growth.
About Us
Benefits of working with us:
- Income Protection
- Private Medical Insurance
- Sight tests / Glasses discounts
- Bonus scheme
- Electric vehicle scheme
- 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?
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As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, 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 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With 13 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 across all our regions, and are well-respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence.
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, 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.
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