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Alan White

Partner, Land and Rural Business

Alan has a particular interest in crofting law, renewable energy schemes and mineral extraction. He also has significant expertise in the area of community right to buy and the ongoing land reform agenda.

Alan is regularly involved in the sale and purchase of commercial forestry, as well as farms and estates and advises a number of clients on ongoing management issues such as agricultural holdings, crofting, as well as business structuring and succession planning. Alan provides specialist advice in respect of agricultural holdings and crofting to a number of other Scottish law firms, renewable energy developers as well as to both private and institutional landowners.

The legal directories sources consider Alan “exhibits expertise across a range of rural property transactions, including agricultural holdings, renewable energy, sporting rights, crofting and community rights to buy.”  A client says: “He has got a thorough grasp of his subject and is very diligent.”

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26 September 2024 | Time to read: 2 mins

Gillespie Macandrew supports Royal Highland Education Trust with resource box sponsorship

By Lizzie McFadzean, Alan White

Gillespie Macandrew announces sponsorship of RHET Perth and Kinross's Early Years Farm Resource Box initiative.

30 June 2022 | Time to read: 1 min

OnFARM podcast: RHET at the Royal Highland Show

By Alan White, Amy Eakin

Listen to the latest OnFARM podcast recorded at the Royal Highland Show 2022, featuring members of the our Land and Rural Business team.

16 May 2022 | Time to read: 2 mins

Viking Energy | Wind Farm Development

By Amy McDowell, Derek McCulloch, Colin Hamilton, Alan White

We act for Viking Energy Wind Farm LLP in respect of the major wind farm development on mainland Shetland.

28 March 2022 | Time to read: 1 min

OnFARM podcast: Access to knowledge through NFU Scotland’s legal helpline

By Alan White

OnFARM producer Dave Howard visited law firm Gillespie Macandrew, whose Land and Rural Business team manages NFU Scotland’s legal helpline.

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