Peter Lawson

Chair

Corporate and M&A

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lindsey Trigwell

Director of Finance | Board Member

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Allana Sweeney

Partner

Restructuring & Insolvency

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

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.

Andrew Forsyth

Partner

Marine & Shipping

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

Andrew Little

Partner

Construction

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

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.