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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lindsey Trigwell

Director of Finance | Board Member

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

Nick Warrillow

Partner

Dispute Resolution

Nick has experience of advising individuals, corporates and financial institutions in connection with a range of complex and high-value disputes.

Paul Coyle

Partner

Real Estate

Paul has a wealth of experience in commercial leasing and advises clients on a broad range of issues including the acquisition of commercial properties.

Fraser MacKinven

Partner

Technology

Fraser has a specialism in the media, entertainment and sport sector. He brings strong industry and international experience from his previous role.

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.

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.

Caroline Stevenson

Head of Financial Services Regulatory

Financial Services Regulatory

Caroline is head of our Financial Services Regulatory team, with dual qualification and relevant experience in retail banking.

Nicola Scott

Partner

Energy

Nicola Scott is a Partner in our Energy team.

David Davidson

Partner

Corporate and M&A

David specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate advisory work.