Edward Nutting.

Edward joined Lanyon Bowdler in April 2018 as a partner in the Commercial & Agricultural Property Department.

Edward heads the office in Conwy, North Wales and also works from the office in Oswestry.

Prior to joining Lanyon Bowdler he previously worked at Hibberts LLP, heading up their agriculture and rural practice department.

Edward acts for companies, business owners, private landowners, local authorities, institutional clients and charities.

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Areas of expertise;
Landed Estates, Leisure & Tourism, Agriculture & Commercial Property;

• The sale and purchase of farms, estates, minerals, sporting rights, development land and commercial property;
• The sale and purchase of commercial property and businesses working regularly with our corporate department;
• Business structures and asset management;
• Various types of complex leases, deeds of surrender, licences and tenancies;
• Option agreements, call options, overage and promotion agreements;
• Wayleave Agreements;
• Mortgages and refinancing;
• Mortgages of various assets;
• Land law issues relating to common land, sporting rights, manorial rights, mines and minerals, complex means of holding and organising land, easements, profits à-prendre, water abstraction, drainage and fishing;
• Tenancies under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 including rent reviews, repairing obligations etc;
• Representation at the Agricultural Land Tribunal in Wales and the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Agricultural;
• Succession and Succession Planning under the AHA 1986;
• Basic payment scheme, rural development and agri-environment agreements;
• Estate and succession planning

Edward works closely with the Corporate & Commercial Department working on complex business sales, purchases and refinancing. He is a member of the Agricultural Law Association and a regional coordinator for North Wales. Edward is also a Fellow of Agricultural Law Association following successful completion of the ALA’s examination in London, also receiving the Chairman’s Trophy for obtaining the highest mark of the year. A three year term as council member followed.

Edward is recognised as a Leading Partner by Legal 500 in their 2026 directory in which it states for agriculture & estates in Wales, ‘Benefitting from the vastly experienced Edward Nutting, Lanyon Bowdler‘s Conwy office has developed the size and scope of its offering to effectively advise rural clients throughout north and mid Wales, in particular. Nutting is particularly skilled at advising large-scale farmers, landed estates and businesses across a range of property-related matters’.

A testimonial from the 2026 Legal 500 states:

‘Edward Nutting provides a professional service but with a personal touch. He thinks outside the box and sees everything through’.

For agriculture & estates in the West Midlands it states: ‘Edward Nutting on complex property transactions and tenancy law’.

The 2026 Chambers UK have ranked Edward in Band 1. Edward Nutting’s expertise includes farm and estate transactions, agricultural tenancies, succession planning, and rural land development agreements. A testimonial states “Edward is clearly very experienced, very well connected in the rural sector and he offers very practical and commercial advice. I really think highly of him.”

The 2025 edition of Chambers UK stated “Ed Nutting is one of the leaders in energy work in Wales. He helps landowning and farming clients with optional leases when they are approached with wind energy opportunities.”

Previous directories state he is ‘very switched on and commercial’ Edward Nutting is based out of Conwy and is the primary Wales-based contact for agricultural/rural clients, which are appreciative of his ‘intimate knowledge and personal experience of farms.’

Another edition states, ‘It is an excellent team – Edward Nutting really understands the industry.’

A source says that “he’s well thought of in the farming community and can identify with client problems.”