Leveraging core first-hand farming knowledge, Welsh language capabilities and excellent geographical diversity (with lawyers based in locations in north, west, mid and south Wales), specialist agricultural and rural affairs firm Agri Advisor Legal LLP is well-positioned to represent clients, irrespective of geographical location, across the gamut of their legal needs in the sector. As well as her overarching strategic expertise, built upon a core understanding of agricultural policy, Nerys Llewelyn Jones also regularly advises farming clients on succession planning and litigation. Carmarthen-based Manon Williams is a key contact for clients throughout southwest Wales, offering particular experience in Succession and Estate Planning, Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies and Farm Business tenancies. Other key practitioners include Awel Mai Hughes, Rachel Phillips and Llio Phillips, who respectively head up the private client, property and dispute resolution divisions at the firm.

Now headed out of Cardiff by Rhys Evans, following Rory Hutchings' departure in April 2023 to Harrison Clark Rickerbys, and also aided by a strong presence in Swansea and Carmarthen, JCP Solicitors remains well-positioned to represent farming clients throughout the South, West and East of Wales across a wide variety of work. A fluent Welsh speaker, Evans' personal sweet-spot remains advising on property litigation mandates, from advice on agricultural landlord and tenant and boundary disputes, through to cutting-edge guidance on the new planning policies relating to phosphate levels in rivers designated as Special Areas of Conservation. Agricultural/landowning clients also benefit from access to the firm's exceptional broader private client capabilities, including tailored advice on complex estate and will planning matters. Richard Howells is also a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and regularly advises farming clients on contentious probate matters, including as it relates proprietary estoppel claims.

Drawing upon a 'deep understanding of the industry', Harrison Clark Rickerbys provides 'pertinent and professional advice' to a range of stakeholders in the agricultural sector. Although the firm already had some capability in the area, the arrival in May 2023 of the well-regarded and experienced Rory Hutchings from JCP Solicitors galvanised the practice, providing it with a focal point with which to coalesce its expertise across a myriad property, commercial and private client issues. Hutchings himself is best-known for his contentious expertise in the sector, with strategic and high-profile advice being dispensed to clients across a range of issues, running the gamut from rights of way and common land matters, through to environmental and planning issues. Other key members of the team include Bryn Thomas , who combines litigation and sector knowledge (he is from a farming background) to good effect, and Aled Owen, who has deep regulatory knowledge.

Sitting within the firm's broader private wealth offering but also able to leverage areas of expertise in other key firmwide practice areas, including property, litigation and regulatory, Hugh James is a popular choice among agricultural clients across a broad array of their contentious and non-contentious requirements. Team head Matthew Evans has a strong track record advising on inheritance disputes within the sector, including on proprietary estoppel matters, as does 'legal powerhouse' Roman Kubiak, who achieves 'superb results' for clients, including a recent high-profile matter which provided clarity on the issues of detriment and remedy in the context of a proprietary estoppel claim.

Since it was established in 2019, Lanyon Bowdler's Conwy office has flourished, extending the firm's ability to service clients in Shropshire and Cheshire, as well as successfully growing its base of North Walian landowners. The scope of the work has also grown as a result of some recent hires, with core agricultural property expertise being enhanced by lawyers with expertise at handling private client and broader corporate/commercial expertise. Team head Edward Nutting is key to the office's success, connecting well with clients as a result of his vast agricultural property knowledge, in particular, as well as by dint of his ability to communicate in the medium of Welsh, if necessary.

Agricultural work underpins a significant amount of Newport-based firm RDP Law‘s workflow, whether it be in the context of property, litigation or private client-related matters. Sioned Thomas leads the multidisciplinary team and is particularly well-versed at advising on estate administration and succession planning for clients in the sector, which are appreciative of her legal knowledge, as well as her first-hand insight into the challenges facing agricultural clients – being herself from a farming background. Real estate head James Davies is also adept at handling work in the sector, including for landowners in the context of large renewable energy schemes.