Furley Page in Canterbury, Chatham and Whitstable, appoints Ethan Desai to agriculture and rural business team
Published: 00:00, 18 February 2016
Updated: 10:51, 18 February 2016
Law firm Furley Page has made new a appointment to its team which provides legal services for farmers and rural land owners across Kent and the South East.
Solicitor Ethan Desai has become a senior associate on the agriculture and rural business team at the company, based in Canterbury, Chatham and Whitstable.
Mr Desai joins long-serving partner Christopher Wacher, partner and head of real estate Jeremy Licence and partner David Hall, who is head of property disputes.
the team is completed by associate Nicola Hopper, a private client and agriculture law specialist who is a fellow of the Agricultural Law Association.
Mr Licence said: “He is a first class lawyer with considerable experience of this complex area of the law.
“Ethan has an excellent background representing rural and agricultural clients and is already making a welcome contribution to the work of our team.”
Mr Desai, 37, who is married with a son, said: “The strength and breadth of agricultural law and rural business expertise at Furley Page is renowned and is what attracted me.
“I mainly advise on land-related matters, but increasingly rural land owners need advice on other aspects of the law. I am pleased to be joining a firm which has wider agricultural expertise.”
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