Emma Folkes

Partner working within the firm's Food and Farming team and specialising in non-contentious agricultural property matters. Acts on a wide variety of transactional matters including sales and purchases and the grant of tenancies, and advises on a wide range of issues arising from the ongoing management of farms and estates. Client base is UK-wide and includes landowners, farmers, national institutions and charities. Recent examples of work: acting on the sale, in parts, of a significant estate comprising let farms, in-hand woodland and cottages. Acting on the sale of a portfolio of rural cottages. Documenting the division of a family farm following the settlement of a complex farming partnership dispute. Working with an institutional landowner on the restructure of agricultural tenancy arrangements. Acting on the acquisition of strategic land subject to complex overage obligations relating to future development. · Burges Salmon LLP

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About

Partner at Burges Salmon LLP in the Food and Farming team specialising in non-contentious agricultural property and transactional matters for farms and estates. Advises a UK-wide client base including landowners, farmers, national institutions and charities on sales and purchases, tenancies and ongoing estate management issues.

Practice areas

Real EstateAgriculture

Office

England

Burges Salmon LLP · Partner working within the firm's Food and Farming team and specialising in non-contentious agricultural property matters. Acts on a wide variety of transactional matters including sales and purchases and the grant of tenancies, and advises on a wide range of issues arising from the ongoing management of farms and estates. Client base is UK-wide and includes landowners, farmers, national institutions and charities. Recent examples of work: acting on the sale, in parts, of a significant estate comprising let farms, in-hand woodland and cottages. Acting on the sale of a portfolio of rural cottages. Documenting the division of a family farm following the settlement of a complex farming partnership dispute. Working with an institutional landowner on the restructure of agricultural tenancy arrangements. Acting on the acquisition of strategic land subject to complex overage obligations relating to future development.

England

Expertise

Agricultural property transactions (sales and purchases)Farm and estate management adviceAgricultural tenancy restructuring and grantsDivision of family farms following partnership disputesRural cottage and portfolio salesStrategic land acquisitions and overage arrangements

Education

Girton College, University of Cambridge — Geography (1999)
University of the West of England, Bristol — Postgraduate Diploma in Law (2000)
University of the West of England, Bristol — Legal Practice Course (2001)

Admissions

Qualified 2003