Scott Mitchell is a Partner in our Real Estate team and a member of the Rural Property sub-team.

Scott qualified as a solicitor in September 1995 after a prior brief career in banking (having successfully completed a 3 year graduate bank training programme and banking qualification). He previously gained a Geography degree from King’s College London; and subsequently joined Stephens Scown in September 1993.

Scott acts for a range of property owners, landed estates and farmers and deals with:

• Sales and purchases of commercial and rural property, including barns, other storage, principal houses and lodges e.g. a recent disposal in multiple Lots of a large mansion house and small country estate
• Leases of commercial and rural property
• Farm sales and purchases, farmland, including unregistered land
• Strategic farm purchases / advice
• Farm and landed estate refinancing, agricultural mortgages, including multiple titles and part titles
• Farming partnership matters,confirming ownership and succession planning, partnerships comprising extensive farms or multiple farms / farm holdings
• Property and commercial aspects of agribusiness, producers & growers
• Property aspects of commercial / business transactions
• Brownfield land
• Mineral rights
• Coastal / marine property
• Specialist aspects of third-party securities (particularly requiring the provision of independent legal advice).

Scott is a member of:

• The Law Society
• The London Institute of Banking & Finance (qualified as an Associate)
• The Country Land & Business Association
• The Agricultural Law Association.

Outside of work Scott enjoys equestrian sports, cycling, boating and spending time with his family on the Cornish coast and in the countryside.