Mr Stephen Firmin > Thompson Smith and Puxon > Colchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Thompson Smith and Puxon Offices
STABLE 6, STABLE ROAD
COLCHESTER
CO2 7GL
England
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Mr Stephen Firmin
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial, Commercial Property, Agriculture
Position
Director, Solicitor
Career
Stephen is a director of Stephen Firmin Ltd, a partner in TSP. He is Head of the TSP Agricultural and Commercial Property Teams. Stephen has considerable experience in commercial and rural land transactional work and related projects. He advises clients in the agricultural and rural land sector in connection with property acquisitions and disposals, strategic land planning (options and promotions) and diversification projects; and regularly advises on lifetime succession planning for farming businesses and rural landowners. He also advises on commercial property acquisitions, disposals (investment and operational) and property elements of M&A transactional work in conjunction with the TSP Corporate Team.
Stephen qualified in 1993 at a long stablished Suffolk practice, becoming a partner there in 1995. Stephen joined TSP in 2011.
Languages
English
Memberships
Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Essex
Based in Colchester, Thompson Smith and Puxon’s commercial property team is well known for its high level of experience in the agricultural sector. Team head and ‘five-star solicitor’ Stephen Firmin covers acquisitions and disposals, and development, diversification and renewable energy projects, while Kerry Addison focuses on advising developers, affordable housing providers, farmers and landowners on a range of rural property matters. Mark Rowlands is praised by clients for his ‘impressive ability to come up with workable solutions to complicated issues‘.
South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Leading individuals)The ‘formidable agriculture and estate practice‘ at Thompson Smith and Puxon is led by Stephen Firmin, a lawyer who leverages his corporate background to advise clients with business projects, in addition to transactional property matters. Kerry Addison handles site disposals on small rural developments, as well as larger plots, while Fiona Ashworth is knowledgeable of succession planning and wills. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Colchester.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates South East > Private client
- Commercial property: Essex South East > Real estate
- Leading individuals South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Essex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Essex
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Essex
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Essex
- Private client > Family: Essex