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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Michael Thomson

Partner

Restructuring & Insolvency

Michael is head of our Restructuring & Insolvency practice, with a breadth of expertise in insolvency and enforcement advice and action.

Nicola Scott

Partner

Rural Business

Nicola Scott is a partner in our energy team. Nicola advises clients in the renewables and rural sectors on real estate matters.

Tim Dale

Knowledge and Client Service Partner

Knowledge & Development Lawyer

Tim Dale is a Knowledge and Client Service Partner.

Emma Paton

Partner

Planning

Emma advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious planning law, including: consenting advisory, environmental impact assessment.

Jamie Kerr

Partner

Immigration & Visas

Jamie has extensive experience across the entire field of immigration, visa, nationality and refugee law.

Gemma Young

Partner

Banking & Finance

Gemma advises banks, corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors and fund managers, on financing transactions, including real estate finance, fund and acquisition financing and securitisations.

Ruaridh Cole

Partner

Funds

Ruaridh plays a prominent part in the firm's investor-side practice. He acts for asset managers across various asset classes in relation to the structuring and formation of investment funds.

Paula Kennedy

Partner

Funds

Paula is head of our Finance & Funds division, with a specialisation in investment funds and a focus on a wide range of private fund structures.

John Kennedy

Partner

Banking & Finance

John's principal practice areas comprise UK and cross-border corporate finance transactions for lenders and borrowers, oil & gas project finance, refinancing, restructures and property finance.