I am a lawyer, not a manager who employs lawyers. Everything else the group does — advisory, investment, public service, speaking — grew out of the practice rather than the other way round.
The practices within the group are deliberately small and senior. You deal with the person doing the work — whether that's a boardroom in the City or a kitchen table on a farm in the Essex marshes.
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A nationally recognised practice in agricultural and rural property law, alongside residential property, commercial property, corporate commercial and business law.
02
Senior legal leadership for growing businesses turning over £2m–£50m and larger — from £48,000 a year, around half the cost of an in-house hire.
03
Strategy consulting for campaigns, causes and public institutions — evidence-led, politically neutral, and built around delivery. Opinion is cheap; data is decisive.
04
Capital, counsel and a partner who stays. We invest at pre-seed and seed, alongside others, where the money unlocks the next stage rather than extending a runway.
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Through the wider group: management consultancy for organisations that need the work delivered rather than described, and a fractional Head of Health & Safety for contractors.
I trained as a commercial lawyer and have spent my career working across residential and agricultural property, corporate transactions and business law — while building businesses since the age of sixteen.
Over time that became an integrated platform spanning legal consultancy, strategic advisory, early-stage investment and community impact. I still hold that professional excellence and civic responsibility are not separate pursuits. They are the same one.
Founded
Burns & Co. Group
Governor
Cedar Hall School
Prior
Adviser to government
Since
Building since sixteen