Marcus is the head of Trethowans’ Agricultural & Rural Property team, specialising in the sale and purchase of farms, estates and country houses. With approaching 20 years’ experience, his professional service is recognised industry-wide.
Marcus also advises clients on a wide range of issues affecting rural property, including tenancies, secured lending, sporting interests, equestrian property and renewable energy. Marcus acts for farmers and other rural property owners, pension trustees, banks and overseas clients. He is on the Lexis Nexis steering group for agriculture, which is charged with guiding Lexis Nexis on the provision of legal advice to practitioners.
Notable work highlights
With the help of other team members, I have recently:
- Bought numerous country houses with a multitude of issues ironed out.
- Bought two mixed farms for a new client totalling £21.85m.
- Helped a London Equity house buy two farms for eco-tourism and rewilding.
- Helped local farmers and property owners with diverse legal problems.
Accreditations & Memberships
- Agricultural Law Association.
Testimonials
What our clients say about Marcus
“We instructed Trethowans for our conveyancing process with a large property with agricultural land and cannot recommend Marcus Thorpe and his team enough (Codie Thomas and Amy Whittle). We completed in just over 7 weeks, with not a detail missed by the team so far who were communicative and efficient, turning tasks around in the time other solicitors in my experience could only dream of. As the partner in charge of our file, Marcus was responsive, always contactable and very confidence inspiring with his experience and judgement on some tricky issues. Even when the chain suffered from unresponsive agents and solicitors further back in the chain against some really tight deadlines, the Trethowans team were always on the case before we needed to ask. Thoroughly recommended.”
“He was a real pleasure to deal with and worked in exactly the way clients wanted.”
Chambers High Net Worth, 2024
“Marcus Thorpe at Trethowans is the go-to legal mind in the prime residential arena in our location.”
Chambers High Net Worth, 2024
“Marcus absolutely understood what I wanted to achieve, and executed it very well.”
“Marcus is very good at speaking to us as clients, to reason with us and to provide good advice which leads to a more expedient result. His responsiveness was good and the quality of work was very good.”
“Marcus is our main point of contact. It is a longstanding relationship and we have valued his knowledge over the years.”
“Marcus is very personable and it’s very easy to get along with him. Whilst he’s giving detailed, professional advice, he does it in a manner that is personable and you can’t help but trust him. I haven’t had a client that doesn’t like him.”
“It has been a pleasure working with you and team and thanks again for your support.”
“Marcus, thanks once again for all your help in this extraordinarily long-running saga, it really is hugely appreciated.”
