Michael Aubrey > Mills & Reeve LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP acts on behalf of domestic and international clients on mandates across the country, advising on a diverse range of agribusiness matters. The group covers natural capital matters, renewable energy projects, and farming business transactions, among other work. Andrea Newman heads the Leeds team, covering all issues relating to natural capital, renewables, and development agreements. Michael Aubrey heads the team at the national level. Nichola Ross is a core team member, providing key support in numerous diversification projects.

The agribusiness practice at Mills & Reeve LLP ‘has a very clear brand that stands for high standards, clarity, imagination and delivery‘. The lead partners are ‘collaborative, responsive, solution-driven‘ head of agribusiness Michael Aubrey and agricultural property specialist Amanda Tagg, both based in Cambridge, and Catherine Scott in Norwich, who has a national practice advising food, agribusiness, and private wealth clients. Senior associate Dawn Chapman, who handles farm sales and tenancies, typifies the firm’s strong bench of up-and-coming talent. Aubrey recently advised Newlands Partnership on an option to lease land for batteries to store energy from wind and solar farms.

Under the collective leadership of Michael Aubrey, Catherine Scott, and Amanda Tagg, the nimble team at Mills & Reeve LLP acts for many major farming clients, as well as several of the landowning Cambridge and Oxford colleges. Other key clients include several pension funds, numerous prestigious landed estates, and many substantial national farming businesses. This nationwide practice is well-equipped to handle a variety of high-value and complex deals, as well as covering tax and trusts issues, litigation, and food law. Aubrey is well-regarded for his work on major infrastructure and development projects, in addition to large scale renewable energy projects. Paddy Lynam joined the team in September 2024. Tim Ryan is now a consultant.