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Peter Lawson Web Update2025 3

Peter Lawson

Chair

Corporate and M&A


Peter is a great corporate lawyer both in his technical skills and by being commercially astute.

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Mark Ellis

Managing Partner

Corporate and M&A


Mark is Burness Paull's managing partner, with a particular focus on private equity and mergers and acquisitions.

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Burness 5 6 19 Colin Hulme 3834 2025Update

Colin Hulme

Partner | Board Member

Intellectual Property


Colin is head of IP, he is the only IP litigator in Scotland with a Band 1 ranking in Chambers UK and in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

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Dawn Reoch

Partner | Board Member

Banking & Finance


Dawn has over 20 years experience acting for lenders, corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors with a diverse client base of large multinational groups.

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Hazel Moffat Web 2025Update4

Hazel Moffat

Partner | Board Member

Public Law


Hazel is a partner Public Law and Regulatory division, and has represented clients including the Scottish, UK and EU Governments.

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John Strachan

Partner | Board Member

Real Estate


John has particular expertise in advising on consortium and joint venture arrangements among developers and on compulsory purchase matters.

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Lindsey Trigwell

Director of Finance | Board Member


Lindsey is responsible for all aspects of the firm's financial management.

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Nicky Clemence

Nicky Clemence

Partner | Board Member

English Real Estate


Nicky is the head of our English Commercial Real Estate division, with a range of expertise in commercial real estate work and investment transactions.

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Sarah Phillips

Partner | Board Member

Pensions


Sarah heads our Corporate department and has extensive experience in Pensions and is ranked as a leading practitioner by Chambers.

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Alan Cassels

Partner

Banking & Finance


Alan acts for borrowers and lenders in corporate, leveraged and real estate finance. Alan also acts on transactions involving various types of asset-based lending, securitisation and derivatives.

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Alan McMillan

Partner

Real Estate Litigation


Alan heads up the Real Estate Litigation team, he represents clients from the whole spectrum of the property and commercial sectors.

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Alasdair Freeman

Partner

Energy


Alasdair has expertise in domestic and international mergers and acquisition transactions with a particular focus on oil and gas and IT sectors.

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Alasdair Sutherland 29116 Web 2025Update

Alasdair Sutherland

Partner

Planning


Alasdair is head of our Planning & Environment's team, he regularly advises clients on issues such as contaminated land and nuisance.

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Allana Sweeney Web Temp Update2025

Allana Sweeney

Partner

Restructuring & Insolvency


Allana specialises in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency and restructuring and recovery work including: debt restructurings.

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Andrew Christie

Partner

Funds


Andrew heads up our fund finance practice. He advises on subscription line NAV and hybrid facilities and GP and management fee facilities.

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Andrew Forsyth

Partner

Marine & Shipping


Andrew specialises in maritime law, insurance coverage disputes and leads the team defending personal injury claims.

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Andrew Little

Partner

Construction


Andrew provides holistic non-contentious and contentious support for construction, engineering and public infrastructure projects.

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Ashley Jones

Partner

Professional Negligence


Ashley has a great track record of acting for both professional indemnity insurers and commercial clients in complex, professional negligence claims.

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