Laura Maden

I am a partner of the firm and an agricultural property solicitor. I joined Chubb Bulleid in 2010 as a trainee solicitor, qualifying two years later, before being made a partner in 2016.

I worked in London as a paralegal for a few years prior to joining Chubb Bulleid, but the draw of the countryside pulled me home to my roots and I haven’t looked back.

What I do

I head up the firms agricultural and rural affairs team. In short, I deal with all aspects of rural land affairs, such as first registrations, sells and purchases of agricultural property and re-finance work. As part of my role, I also tend to work closely with local agents in sales and purchases via auction.

I feel it is a privilege to often be involved in passing farm land from one generation to the next and particularly enjoy working with our private client team, in gifting and transferring property as part of estate planning work.

A bit more about me

What do you do when you’re not in the office?

Other than thinking about what needs to be done when I am back in the office, I spend the rest of my spare time dreaming about the next trip away with my family. It doesn’t need to be somewhere fancy or exotic, but planning is half the fun.

What’s something clients are often surprised to learn about you?

I am a bit of a Titanic geek! I don’t think there is a documentary, or podcast which I haven’t covered off already. It’s the wreck itself that fascinates me.

If you weren’t a lawyer, what would you be doing?

I genuinely do not know. I have wanted to be a lawyer since I was a teenager so I haven’t ever really thought about doing anything else. If I won the lottery tomorrow though, you would find me off some little cove in Cornwall or the Scillies, swimming and attempting to make friends with the seals. That’s the lifestyle I dream of!