We offer our clients a personal approach based on many years of experience in our sector. Our clients are important and we want to do the best job we can for you.
Land and Estate Strategic Plans
Our Team is highly experienced in advising on complex management, succession and business reorganisation challenges and opportunities. We work with the best professional advisors across the sector and can advise on strategic appointments and recruitment, from a fully independent perspective. We engage regularly with Scottish Government, NatureScot, Scottish Renewables and sector wide influencers. We are solution finders and implementors.
Rural Business Restructuring, Acquisition and Divestment
We are highly experienced in business restructuring, whether that includes whole or part divestment, acquisition of directional change. We have guided the sale and purchase of £500M of rural property assets in the last twenty years. We have extensive experience in the emerging carbon and natural capital markets as well as traditional rural industries.
Rural Asset Valuation and Market Appraisal
We work with the most active movers and shakers in the rural market and have real time market intelligence and information.
We regularly undertake complex, large scale valuations and annually sign off on Private, Institutional and Corporate Valuations in excess of £300M.
Rural Energy Property Advice
Our team have over 25 years of experience in the renewable sector and have advised in the delivery of 2 GW of clean power from projects across the renewable technologies and most notably on-shore and off-shore wind and hydro. We are highly respected by both private clients and developers with unparallel sector knowledge.
Option and Lease Negotiations
Complex option and lease negotiations are handled by Rosalind Clifford who has a legal training and background which is essential when dealing with highly complex agreements covering up to thirty years with production based overages, base rents and strict remediation and operational requirements.
Repowering Negotiations
As the first generation schemes reach the end of their lives repowering negotiations form a significant part of our work load. These can often be grid dependent and often require alternative access arrangements as blades and cones become much larger. Habitat Management Planning is often an additional element and we have significant experience in delivering environmentally and economically attractive solutions.
Lease Extensions and Rent Reviews
As extension milestones loom it is essential that legal milestones are not missed and the best possible outcomes negotiated in what is now a very different landscape. Many lease extensions can see significant improvement on leases terms. We have significant experience in renewable energy rent review negotiations for all technologies.
Grid and Infrastructure Advice
Over £100 billion has been committed by the network providers to upgrade the national grid by 2030. We have acted in some of the biggest infrastructure projects with significant land take and including CPO and Public Inquiry. We specialise in negotiating compensation for owners who face large scale land take relating to off shore, on shore and infrastructure projects.
Access, Oversail and Blade Lift
We have acted for many land owners where access and oversail agreements are needed and blade lift technology is required to facilitate movement of blades and cones. Understanding the financial outputs of any given wind farm as well as market comparables are essential to ensuring the best outcomes.
