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Mr Matthew Hesketh
Work Department
Agricultural Property
Position
Partner
Career
Matthew joined Roythornes in 2022 after spending 12 years working in Cambridge at another leading national law firm where he chose to specialise in Agricultural Law.
Matthew advises clients across the sector ranging from private individual landowners to larger companies. He deals with all aspects of rural property including purchases and sales, financial arrangements, overage, tenancies, and voluntary registrations. Matthew has particular expertise advising family farming businesses and in high-value sales and purchases of land.
In Chambers and Partners 2022, Matthew is described as being “….a very efficient and capable solicitor. He is able to quickly and confidently unpack complex legal matters before providing concise and clear advice”.
Matthew has a particular interest in the changes in farm subsidies, environmental schemes, and developments in Agri-Tech.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Roythornes Solicitors has a large agriculture practice across its Spalding office and its Huntingdon office, which is increasingly becoming a more significant hub of activity. Practice head Tim Russ who has ‘an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism‘, spends more time in the Alconbury office, alongside Claire Hindmarsh who is an authority on rural property matters. Agricultural property partner Matthew Hesketh joined the practice in September 2022 from Mills & Reeve LLP. As well as property matters, the firm is also highly regarded for commercial, tax and succession planning advice. They are noted as being able to ‘speak from experience on most matters’.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant