• Our corporate legal team have a long track record for working as advisers to, and in partnership with, agricultural businesses. These are often incorporated as private limited companies with family members being the shareholders and directors.

    We understand that farms and estates are not just businesses; they are homes and often financial centres for extended families. Understanding both the commercial and the cultural aspects of farming as well as the wider agricultural sector is essential to providing an effective legal service.

    Why choose Brachers?

    Our highly regarded and approachable Corporate team advises a broad range of clients from owner-managed businesses to multi-national corporations and we have a particular understanding of the needs of agricultural and rural businesses.

    We have all the knowledge and expertise you will need to help you run your company successfully. For example, you might decide to incorporate your business as a limited liability company or a limited liability partnership, or you may wish to enter into a joint venture with another business.

    We can advise on all of these structures, and provide and negotiate all the relevant documentation (for example shareholders’ agreements, bespoke articles of association, non-disclosure agreements, and joint venture agreements).

    How we can help

    You may need to restructure your business as it grows, or buy another complimentary business and we can advise on these transactions, as well as advising you on the legal aspects of raising capital to fund them. If you are planning to retire or sell the business then we also have a great deal of experience in helping business owners to exit.

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    Brachers corporate lawyers are based in Maidstone and Canterbury and are ready to help with any legal advice you may require. For more information, please get in touch today.

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  • Our work ranges from preparing or amending partnership agreements to effecting more complex partnership arrangements including transfers of partnership assets, particularly land, into trust and assignments of partnership interests among family members.

    Usually such arrangements are part of succession planning by senior family members on advice from our Private Client team.

    Our work on farming partnerships is extremely collaborative. Agricultural experts in our Corporate and Commercial team work closely with lawyers in our Property and Private Client teams, who deal with issues related to partnership land and ensure that succession planning goals are achieved.

     

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