Farming partnership

Tailored legal advice for farming families and agricultural businesses, helping navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of the rural community.

Trusted legal advisers for the agricultural community

At Tees we specialise in supporting farming families and agricultural businesses with tailored legal advice and practical solutions for farming partnerships. With deep roots in the rural community, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities that farmers face—across generations, economic climates, and evolving legislation.

Why choose us for your farming partnership needs?

Specialist knowledge: We have years of experience advising on the complexities of farming partnerships. From succession planning to land ownership, we provide precise, up-to-date advice to safeguard your interests.

Generational insight: Farming is more than a business—it’s a way of life passed down through generations. We help ensure smooth transitions, minimise disputes, and provide long-term security for your family and your land.

Farming partnership team: Our farming partnership team pulls on expertise from our Commercial and Agricultural Property, Private Client and Company Commercial Teams.

Holistic private client support: We work hand-in-hand with our highly regarded Private Client team, who specialise in succession planning for landowners. This joined-up approach ensures that your farming partnership is structured in a way that aligns seamlessly with your wider personal and family affairs.

Integrated property expertise: We also collaborate closely with our commercial property specialists to provide expert advice on buying, selling, leasing, and managing agricultural land and properties. Whether it involves farm diversification, tenancies, overages or land registration issues, we ensure that your legal strategy covers every acre.

Personalised, practical support: We offer clear, comprehensive advice with a practical approach that fits the realities of farming life.

At Tees we don’t just understand the law—we understand the practical issues facing farming partnerships. Let us help you protect your farming legacy.
Serving clients across the UK

Our farming partnership services include:

Partnership agreements: Drafting or reviewing partnership deeds that clearly define responsibilities, ownership, and exit strategies – linked with succession planning.
Financial and succession planning: Helping families prepare for the next generation of farmers with legally sound and tax-efficient succession structures.
Dispute resolution: Resolving disagreements between partners—whether within families or between business associates.
Land ownership and tenancy structures: Advising on land held within or outside the partnership and Agricultural Holdings Act/FBT arrangements.
Capital tax planning: Expert guidance working with your accountants on Agricultural Property Relief (APR), Business Property Relief (BPR), and other tax-efficient strategies.
Farm incorporation advice: Together with your accountants, assessing whether converting a partnership to a limited company is right for your business and implement it seamlessly.
Wealth: Investment and planning options to build a strategy that works for you. Helping farming businesses make any necessary adjustments in investment activities and to encourage the use of Trusts and other ownership structures to ensure assets can be passed on tax-efficiently.
Employment law and workforce management:
- Support with staff contracts, issues on recruitment, DBS checks and right to work checks, performance and disciplinary issues, defending claims in the Employment Tribunal and higher courts, outsourcing and TUPE, and workforce restructuring — tailored for the challenges of care sector employment.
- Drafting policies, procedures and handbook documentation.
- Dispute resolution, exit negotiations and drafting and advising on Settlement Agreements.
Planning: Guidance through the intricacies of the planning process, finding a fast, pragmatic and most cost-effective path for commercial and rural developments.
Regulation: Our team gives straightforward advice on the rules around subsidies, environmental duties, and health and safety. We also help with planning and land use for farm buildings, new business ideas, or renewable energy projects.