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Corporate and Commercial
Our corporate clients know that they can rely on us to help them achieve their business objectives efficiently and effectively. Whether raising finance, undertaking M&A activity, exploiting or protecting intellectual property or going to market with a new product or service, our teams have the necessary experience and expertise.


We listen very carefully to what our corporate clients want to achieve and work closely with them to help accomplish their goals. Our clients trust us to execute on their most complex and demanding transactions and to help them with their core business challenges.

We bring together teams of lawyers with the necessary sectoral experience and technical expertise to ensure that each deal or assignment goes as smoothly as possible. Whether advising on renewable energy transactions, VC funding of technology companies, private equity-backed M&A in the life sciences sector, “company-making” commercial contracts or international brand protection, our lawyers understand the commercial drivers and have the experience to foresee potential issues before they arise – because we succeed when our clients do.

We have expertise in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including:


Joanna Boag-Thomson

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Paul Carlyle

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Gavin Charlton

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Stephen Miller

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John Morrison

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Alasdair Anderson

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Sophie Bailey

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Melanie Belford

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Andrew Blain

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Walter Blake

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Joanna Boag-Thomson

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Daniel Boynton

Senior Associate

Hannah Bruce

Senior Associate

Andrew Buchan

Senior Solicitor

Rodger Cairns

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Paul Carlyle

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Gavin Charlton

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Aine Coll

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Joseph Fitzgibbon

Senior Associate

Nikki Forde

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Roddy Forgie

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George Frier

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Madeleine Gill

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Joanne Griffin

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Cameron Kane

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Philip Knowles

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Kirstin Mackay

Senior Solicitor

Cath Macrae

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Murron Marr

Senior Solicitor

Ashley McLean

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Jamie McRorie

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Stephen Miller

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John Morrison

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Matt Phillip

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Alison Rochester

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Erin Ryan

Senior Solicitor

Philip Sewell

Partner

Georgia Shirreffs

Senior Solicitor

Douglas Sinclair

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Christina Sinclair

Senior Professional Support Lawyer

Euan Small

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Donald Smith

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Tom Swan

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Susan Swan

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Stephen Trombala

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Alison White

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Keir Willox

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