Victoria Salter-Galbraith

Victoria is a partner in our Farms, Estates and Landowner Development team and is a Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association. 

She rejoined Wilsons in October 2026, having spent almost a decade in London, most recently as Counsel at Forsters LLP where she was head of the firm's specialist Historic Property and Planning team.

Victoria advises individuals, trustees and companies from the UK and overseas on a broad range of rural property matters including:

• sales and purchases of country houses, landed estates and farms;
• landlord and tenant issues, including agricultural tenancies;
• refinancing; and
• landowner development, including the preparation of preparation of Promotion Agreements, Options and Overage deeds.

Victoria has particular expertise acting in relation to the sale and purchase of listed buildings.

Recent highlights:

• acting on the purchase of a Grade I listed Georgian mansion house and separately listed Capability Brown parkland in use as a hotel at the point of sale to be turned back into a family home by the buyer;
• dealing with the sale of a substantial landed estate which included an extensive portfolio of agricultural, commercial and residential lettings;
• advising on the purchase and associated financing of a significant agricultural estate, including residential and commercial lettings, with a total transaction value of £43 million;
• being instructed by executors on the sale of a complex agricultural estate and negotiating an associated promotion agreement with a national housebuilder in relation to the retained site; and
• acting on the refinancing of an extensive Welsh estate as part of a wider tax and succession planning exercise.

Victoria is listed in Spear’s 500 Recommended Landed Estate Lawyers 2025 and has been recognised in the Citywealth Leaders List for Landed Estates since 2020. She was named one of the NextGen Top 40 under 40 by CityWealth in 2023 and one of the Top 35 under 35 private client practitioners by ePrivateClient in 2021.