Mr Stefan Bainbridge > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Ward Hadaway LLP Offices
SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England
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Mr Stefan Bainbridge
Work Department
Property
Position
Partner
Career
Stefan is a Partner specialising in all aspects of agricultural property work.
Stefan has over 15 years’ experience of advising clients in relation to all aspects of rural property. He has acted in connection with the sale and purchase of numerous estates, farms and rural investment portfolios and has undertaken the first registration of large estates on behalf of landowners encompassing both their surface and mineral interests.
Stefan has extensive experience in relation to the exploitation of mineral reserves, having acted for mineral owners in the negotiation of prospecting and option agreements and the grant of leases of mines and minerals.
He has a particular expertise in opencast coal mines and sand and gravel quarries. He also has a wide experience of renewable energy projects, acting for landowning clients in relation to Solar PV agreements and on anaerobic digestion projects.
Stefan deals with complex agricultural landlord and tenant issues and has a detailed understanding of the agricultural tenancy legislation.
He has considerable experience of negotiating farm business tenancy and contract farming agreements and dealing with the surrender and re-grant of agricultural tenancies in order to maximise IHT reliefs.
Stefan acts for landowners in negotiating complex option and planning promotion agreements and conditional contracts on the sale of agricultural land for development.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Next Generation Partners)The Newcastle-based agriculture team at Ward Hadaway LLP understands the needs of private landowners, farmers, rural businesses, and banks operating in the sector. Thanks to rural property experts Stefan Bainbridge and Alex Cox who jointly head the team, the group has particular expertise in the sale and purchase of rural land, farms, estates, woodlands and country houses. Other key practice areas include estate management, planning and development, environmental issues, waste and energy schemes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners North > Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Agriculture and estates North > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family