Rupert Melville‑Ross

Rupert is a partner in Mishcon Private and leads the landed estates and farms team. He is ranked as a leading individual in Legal 500 and is described as having "that increasingly rare quality of cutting to the issues that really matter and guiding the client accordingly" and as being "one of the best transactional lawyers" in the sector. He has also been named by Spear’s Magazine as one of the leading landed estates lawyers in the UK. Rupert has a strong reputation for acting for international and institutional clients as well as entrepreneurs and family businesses on complex and high value sales and purchases of landed estates, commercial farms and country houses. He also advises on agricultural, commercial, renewables and minerals leases and has a substantial secured lending practice. He also has significant experience of dealing with transactions in the equine sector. - Member and former committee member of the Country Land and Business Association (former committee member). - Member of the Agricultural Law Association. - Ambassador for and supporter of the Jungle Crows Foundation, a charity which provides opportunities for disadvantaged children in Kolkata in India. · Mishcon de Reya LLP