Gareth Williams > HCR Hewitsons > Central England, England > Lawyer Profile
HCR Hewitsons Offices
Lancaster House
Nunn Mills Road
Northampton
NN1 5GE
England
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Gareth Williams
Work Department
Agriculture, Food & Rural Business
Career
Gareth acts for Landed Estates, farmers and other owners of rural businesses. Gareth deals with Estate and farm sales and purchases, Disposals of land for development, including Landowners’ Agreements, Options, Promotion, Hybrid and other development similar agreements and Estate and farm management including strategic advice and complex re-organisations.
Gareth also has experience dealing with Minerals and sporting leases, Tenancies including Agricultural Holdings, commercial and residential tenancies, CAP issues and Large & farm scale renewable energy schemes.
Memberships
Member of the Agricultural Law Association. Member of Country Land and Business Association, sitting on the Northamptonshire County Committee and is a former member of the National Legal Parliamentary and Property Rights Committee Trustees of Landed Estates
Education
Before becoming a lawyer Gareth grew up on the family dairy farm. Gareth read Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth before completing his Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Chester. He trained at a major regional firm in Bristol, qualifying in 1997 and immediately specialised in agricultural property work. Gareth joined Hewitsons in 2002 and was made a partner in 2003.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Leading individuals)HCR Hewitsons is frequently instructed by farmers and rural landowners on a range of large and complex transactions involving the buying and selling of farms or significant portions of land. Additionally, the firm handles significant agricultural litigation matters. Gareth Williams handles complex transactions for farmers and agricultural businesses. Denise Wilkinson handles complex property and family issues in the rural sector for both small farmers and major institutions. Newly-promoted partner Stephanie Dennis specialises in agricultural and and rural estate matters, while James Frankland acts on a range of property transactions and management issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates East Midlands > Private client
- Leading individuals East Midlands > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate