Tees has announced the promotion of Alex Waples to partner within the commercial and agricultural property team with effect from 1 April 2025. Alex has been with the firm for ten years, joining in 2015. During that time Alex has shown exceptional legal skills and an unwavering dedication to client success, particularly for agricultural landowning clients including individuals, partnerships, corporate entities as well as landed estates. Alex is also a key part of the firm’s renewable energy team and has led the team to great success with some noteworthy accolades.
Alex Waples is based out of the Cambridge office but covers a wide reach across the East of England. Alex specialises in sales and acquisitions of farms and agricultural land, acting for both landowners and developers on renewable energy transactions, acting mainly for landowners on strategic land development schemes and advising on farming partnership agreements.
Recent work highlights include:
- Acting for one of the world’s largest renewable developers on a 50MW co-located solar and battery storage scheme.
- Acting as primary solicitor on a 3,000-acre solar and battery Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) for 9 landowners.
- Acting on a farm purchase to consortium buyers with overage provisions and a headline sale price more than £9m.
- Acting for a landowner in the sale of a fully consented residential development site in excess of £18m.
- Acting for a developer in the acquisition of a residential development site with a gross development value more than £20m.
Alex studied Law at the University of East Anglia and completed his LPC at BPP University in Cambridge in 2015, the same year he joined Tees.
Senior partner, Catherine Mowat, expressed her enthusiasm, saying: 'I am absolutely delighted to welcome Alex to the Partnership at Tees. Over the past decade, Alex has become an invaluable member of our Commercial and Agricultural Property team, earning a reputation as a trusted expert in his field.
Alex embodies the qualities we seek in a Partner—proactive, highly knowledgeable, and approachable. His leadership and dedication to excellence set him apart, and I look forward to seeing his continued success and contributions to the firm.'
Alex shared his excitement about the new role, stating: 'I am truly honoured to join the Partnership at Tees. My approach has always been to put my clients first—understanding their priorities and being readily available to support them, no matter the issue.
'I look forward to building on our strong Commercial and Agricultural Property team and continuing the growth of our renewable energy specialism, further enhancing our offering, and continuing to help our clients achieve their goals. This is an incredibly exciting chapter, and I cannot wait to get started.'
Tees has also announced seven other senior staff promotions across the firm: two to senior associate and five to associate.
Promoted to senior associate
- Ana James-Pittau (Dispute Resolution & Litigation – Chelmsford)
- Sarah Stocker (Medical Negligence – Cambridge)
Promoted to Associate
- Amanda Johnston (Medical Negligence – Bishop’s Stortford)
- Georgina Wade (Medical Negligence – Bishop’s Stortford)
- James Murray (Tax Team, Private Client – Bishop’s Stortford)
- Kirsten Vincent (Residential Property – Brentwood)
- Sophie Shirley (Private Client – Cambridge)
