Leading law firm Howes Percival has strengthened its Agriculture and Estates team in Northampton with the appointment of Legal Director Olivia Chalmers.
Olivia acts for a range of clients advising on all aspects of property law, including freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, option agreements and conditional contracts, alongside property portfolio management and secured property financing.
Olivia has a dual specialism in both Commercial & Agricultural Property and Corporate transactional work and is also experienced in relation to business acquisitions and disposals often as part of significant land and property disposals.
Howes Percival’s Agriculture and Estates team deals with the management of landed estates and farms, tax-efficient structuring, agricultural property, development land and tax. The team has a deep understanding of all types of landowning issues and is particularly known for dealing with unusually complex legal matters and finding solutions to help manage agricultural estates or farming businesses.
The team supports the firm’s broader Private Client Services practice to provide a full-service offering, covering all the aspects of legal advice that landowners, landed estates and farmers need.
Anna Spriggs, Partner, Agriculture & Estates commented, “Olivia is someone we know very well already, and we are delighted to bring her to Howes Percival. Olivia provides pragmatic and down-to-earth advice tailored to the needs of her individual client and will bring experience to the firm’s farming clients, rural businesses and landed estates across Northamptonshire and beyond.
“We are very focused on expanding the Agriculture & Estates team’s presence in Northampton and despite economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the team is seeing increased demand for their services. Olivia’s specialism in property disciplines alongside corporate transactional work, will be hugely relevant as the team handles a significant amount of restructuring for farming businesses.”
For more information about Howes Percival’s Private Client team, visit the Howes Percival website.
