Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of 11 new directors, including one in Scotland. Edinburgh-based Gregor Hayworth is a dual-qualified dispute resolution solicitor. He advises on major domestic and international energy, infrastructure and construction projects, both onshore and offshor

Burges Salmon has announced appointment of five new partners, including Claire MacLean in Edinburgh. Ms MacLean was one of the original team members who joined Burges Salmon when the firm launched in Edinburgh in 2019.

Burges Salmon has advised First Bus, a division of transport group FirstGroup plc, on the acquisition of Essex bus company Ensign Bus Company Limited (Ensignbus). Aberdeen-headquartered FirstGroup is the second largest regional bus operator in the UK, serving two-thirds of the UK’s 15 largest

Burges Salmon, which has an office in Edinburgh, has been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2023’, an accolade that the firm has achieved for the second year in a row. Burges Salmon’s managing partner, Roger Bull, said: “To be named the inaugural RollOnFriday &

Burges Salmon has advised Blackfinch Property (Blackfinch) on a £4.4 million loan to fund the acquisition and restoration of a large area of land in Dumfries and Galloway.

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of Regular Music on their partial sale to German promoter, venue operator and ticketing conglomerate Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG). The deal, through DEAG’s UK subsidiary Kilimanjaro Group, sees DEAG continue to increase its international promoter

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of C.P. Hart & Sons on the sale of a majority stake in the business to the Wolseley Group. The sale to Wolseley Group was initiated to facilitate the partial exit of C.P. Hart’s shareholders and to support C.P. Hart’s next phase of growth. T

Burges Salmon has reported a 10 per cent increase in turnover (£108.7 million to £119.2 million) and a five per cent increase in operating profits for the financial year ending 30 April 2022. The firm also reported a one per cent increase in profit per equity partner, from £512,000

Burges Salmon has advised digital health platform Albert Health on a $1 million seed investment, led by Sabanci Ventures, with participation from Teknoloji Yatirim A.S., AK Portföy and EGİAD Melekleri. Albert Health is a voice-based, AI-driven, digital health platform that enables patients to

Burges Salmon has advised Cytomos Limited on its £1.6 million funding from a trio of investors to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS). The fundraising was led by existing investor Archangels with participation fr

Burges Salmon has expanded its office footprint in Edinburgh.Having completed a deal with the Law Society of Scotland, the firm, which launched in Scotland in May 2019, has acquired 3,000 sq ft of additional space in Atria One on Morrison Street. The new space comprises a range of agile work areas,

The corporate team from Burges Salmon has advised the owners of Bristol-based Power Electrics Generators (PEG) on its sale to Glasgow-based generator specialist DTGen. PEG is widely recognised as one of the most experienced generator sales specialists in the UK. It sells, commissions and installs ge

A specialist, cross-sector team from the firm has advised on the sale of the Speyside and Cramlingtion biomass with CHP projects Burges Salmon has recently advised Speyside Renewable Energy Partnership, the owner of a 15MWe biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant near Craigellachie, Moray, on it

Roger Bull has been re-elected for a second four-year term as Burges Salmon's managing partner. Mr Bull joined the firm in 1995 as a trainee solicitor, qualifying in 1997 and became a partner on 1 May 2003 and head of the firm’s employment team on 1 May 2011.

Burges Salmon has advised Edinburgh-based specialist consumer brand investor and long-standing client Inverleith LLP on the acquisition of a majority stake in Farmison & Co, a UK-based online butcher. Focused on British heritage, rare breeds and an ethical, sustainable supply chain, Farmison has