Ben Sharples > Michelmores LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Michelmores LLP Offices
10 Victoria Street
BRISTOL
BS1 6BN
England
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Ben Sharples
Work Department
Agriculture
Position
Ben is a partner in Michelmores renowned Agriculture team. He specialises in resolving disputes arising from the use and ownership of rural land and has a wide-ranging expertise across the entire sector. He is dual qualified as also a Chartered Surveyor and Valuer and provides clients with pragmatic legal advice avoiding disputes wherever possible. He regularly acts as a legal assessor to arbitrators and am a member of both the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel.
Ben also heads up the Michelmores Natural Capital team advising clients on issues relating to carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services and sustainability.
This mix of contentious expertise and environmental experience is of particular relevance in this new and rapidly developing market where agreements need to be flexible enough to embrace as yet unknown future opportunities, and sufficiently clear so as to avoid disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Leading individuals)Described by some clients as ‘one of the leading firms in this practice area’, Michelmores LLP maintains a sizable team of experts who are well-placed to advise on practical and commercial matters. The team is led by Ben Sharples and Vivienne Williams. Sharples is an expert in cross-sector contentious work, while Williams specialises in contentious agricultural matters. Other key team members include Adam Corbin, Rachel O’Connor, and Charlotte Razay: Corbin has broad knowledge of the sector and specialises in agricultural disputes; O’Connor advises on a broad spectrum of complex, contentious rural matters; and Razay is noted for her litigation experience.
London > Private client > Agriculture and estates
The ‘commercially astute‘ team at Michelmores LLP is co-led by Ben Sharples and Vivienne Williams. Sharples excels in advising on biodiversity net gain and other issues such as nutrient neutrality, while Williams specialises in contentious agricultural work and is well respected for her advice on an array of landlord and tenant issues, farming partnerships and co-ownership disputes. The agile team draws on the expertise of its colleagues to advise on a myriad of other issues from transactional property and strategic development work, to advising clients on planning and commercial matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates South West > Private client
- Leading individuals South West > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance