Rupert Charles Edwards

Senior Associate Solicitor

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Rupert is a Senior Associate Solicitor from our Commercial Property team based in our Yeovil and Sherborne offices. Rupert focusses exclusively in helping clients with Commercial Property Law. Rupert trained with Battens, qualified as a solicitor in 2017, and was promoted to Senior Associate in August 2024. He is now a key member of the Commercial Property team, dealing with a wide range of Commercial Property transactions including acquisitions and disposals, development site set‑ups, leases, refinancing, and business sales. Rupert has developed excellent coordination skills and contacts when working alongside intracompany departments, clients’ lenders, accountants, agents and surveyors to ensure his clients’ aims are kept at the forefront of everyone’s attention when progressing the transaction. Clients can rely on Rupert’s pragmatic and diligent approach to negotiations, to ensure deals get through. He will offer commercial advice on the impact of legal issues, allowing his clients to decide whether any issues identified are a risk they are willing to take or whether non‑negotiable lines need to be drawn. Career Highlights: Acting in the team for the seller in the multi‑million‑pound sale of a canal marina, involving property aspects such as option agreements, leases and licences; and commercial aspects such as ongoing concern provisions. Acting for a car dealership in refinancing their property portfolio to a new lender.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 625413

  • Based in Yeovil, Somerset
  • Licensed for 8 years

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Rupert is a Senior Associate Solicitor from our Commercial Property team based in our Yeovil and Sherborne offices. Rupert focusses exclusively in helping clients with Commercial Property Law. Rupert trained with Battens, qualified as a solicitor in 2017, and was promoted to Senior Associate in August 2024. He is now a key member of the Commercial Property team, dealing with a wide range of Commercial Property transactions including acquisitions and disposals, development site set‑ups, leases, refinancing, and business sales. Rupert has developed excellent coordination skills and contacts when working alongside intracompany departments, clients’ lenders, accountants, agents and surveyors to ensure his clients’ aims are kept at the forefront of everyone’s attention when progressing the transaction. Clients can rely on Rupert’s pragmatic and diligent approach to negotiations, to ensure deals get through. He will offer commercial advice on the impact of legal issues, allowing his clients to decide whether any issues identified are a risk they are willing to take or whether non‑negotiable lines need to be drawn. Career Highlights: Acting in the team for the seller in the multi‑million‑pound sale of a canal marina, involving property aspects such as option agreements, leases and licences; and commercial aspects such as ongoing concern provisions. Acting for a car dealership in refinancing their property portfolio to a new lender.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 625413

  • Based in Yeovil, Somerset
  • Licensed for 8 years

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Monday 09:00–17:00
Tuesday 09:00–17:00
Wednesday 09:00–17:00
Thursday 09:00–17:00
Friday 09:00–17:00
Saturday (Closed)
Sunday (Closed)

Maltravers House, Petters Way, Yeovil, BA20 1SH

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Commercial property adviser

We have used Battens various services for over 20 years now and are completely satisfied.

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Thank you for your review and positive comments about our Commercial Property team. If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Battens Solicitors

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Great timely service from an approachable professional with solid legal knowledge.

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Thank you for your review and positive comments about our Commercial Property team. If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Battens Solicitors

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Excellent service

I would definitely recommend Battens Rupert was always professional and dealt with the matters in hand very efficiently/ in a timely manner.

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Thank you for your review and positive comments about Rupert from our Commercial Property team. If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Battens Solicitors

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Property Services.

Battens provide all of the services that we require.

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Thank you for your review and positive comments about Rupert from our Commercial Property team. If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Battens Solicitors

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Excellent and timely assistance with a right to use land licence

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