James Kent

Partner

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James joined Gill Turner Tucker Solicitors as a trainee solicitor in 2007 and became a Partner in 2012. He joined Brachers following the acquisition of Gill Turner Tucker Solicitors by the firm in January 2026. James has over 19 years of commercial real estate experience and advises a broad range of businesses, investors, landowners, lenders, developers, charities and healthcare providers on all aspects of commercial property transactions. He has extensive experience acting on the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property, landlord and tenant matters, lease assignments and wider portfolio management work. He regularly acts for lenders and borrowers in relation to secured lending transactions, including the negotiation of security documents and property finance documentation. James also works closely with the Corporate & Commercial team, providing specialist property support on company and asset sales/acquisitions. James has particular expertise in development land transactions, advising on option agreements, promotion agreements, overage arrangements, conditional contracts and Section 106 agreements. He also has extensive experience of agricultural and farmland matters, acting for landowners, developers and rural businesses in relation to the acquisition, disposal and development of land.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 431743

  • Based in Maidstone, Kent
  • Licensed for 17 years

Accepting new clients via ReviewSolicitors

James joined Gill Turner Tucker Solicitors as a trainee solicitor in 2007 and became a Partner in 2012. He joined Brachers following the acquisition of Gill Turner Tucker Solicitors by the firm in January 2026. James has over 19 years of commercial real estate experience and advises a broad range of businesses, investors, landowners, lenders, developers, charities and healthcare providers on all aspects of commercial property transactions. He has extensive experience acting on the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property, landlord and tenant matters, lease assignments and wider portfolio management work. He regularly acts for lenders and borrowers in relation to secured lending transactions, including the negotiation of security documents and property finance documentation. James also works closely with the Corporate & Commercial team, providing specialist property support on company and asset sales/acquisitions. James has particular expertise in development land transactions, advising on option agreements, promotion agreements, overage arrangements, conditional contracts and Section 106 agreements. He also has extensive experience of agricultural and farmland matters, acting for landowners, developers and rural businesses in relation to the acquisition, disposal and development of land.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 431743

  • Based in Maidstone, Kent
  • Licensed for 17 years

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Somerfield House, 59 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8JH

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