Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon has advised hotel franchise group Atlas Hotels Limited on the acquisition of the Chardon Group – a move that sees Atlas add six new properties to its portfolio. The six hotels are located in Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.

Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team has advised oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology Limited, on a significant investment fundraise of c. £4.1 million. The investment fundraise follows Cumulus Oncology’s inaugural one of £1.7m, which Burges Salmon advised

Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team has advised Edinburgh based consumer brand investor Inverleith Limited Partnership on the majority acquisition of Eden Mill, a St Andrews based contemporary premium gin and single malt scotch whisky brand and distiller. Inverleith LLP invests in consumer

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of Amy Cornelius as director and Gregor Hayworth as senior associate in the firm’s dispute resolution team based in Edinburgh. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Ms Cornelius held a range of senior roles, including senior associate, commercial dispute r

Burges Salmon has been recognised with a platinum ‘We invest in people’ accreditation by Investors in People for the policies and practices in place at the firm to support its people and enable them to flourish. Areas highlighted in the accreditation assessment include: the firm’s

Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth of its Edinburgh office with new appointments across its banking and finance and projects teams. The firm recently celebrated the second anniversary of the launch of its base in Edinburgh, reporting a number of significant milestones achieved by the

Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth and success of its Scottish practice, which launched in Edinburgh in May 2019. The appointment of Nigel Watson as head of employee incentives in January this year brought the number of Burges Salmon partners in the capital to six.

Burges Salmon's application to join the values-led partnership between government and business in Scotland has been formally accepted. Burges Salmon has become a signatory to the Scottish Business Pledge, marking a commitment to helping to support fairness, equality, opportunity and innovation in Sc

A team from Burges Salmon has advised BayWa r.e. UK, a global renewable energy developer, on its acquisition of High Constellation Wind Farm from Blue Energy. The proposed wind farm is located on the Kintyre peninsula and, once installed, its 10 turbines will have a capacity of 50MW. Blue Energy, a

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of Nigel Watson as a corporate partner to lead its employee incentives team in Edinburgh. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Mr Watson was a partner at Brodies, where he established and led its employee benefits practice.

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of dispute resolution practitioner Ewan McIntyre, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Mr McIntyre has held a range of senior management roles including being a partner at Burness Paull for eight year

Lawyers in the Edinburgh office of Burges Salmon have advised on a major partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea. The firm's corporate team advised Ocean Winds (OW), the offshore wind joint venture formed between EDPR and ENGIE, on its strategic partnership with Li

The banking team at Burges Salmon has acted as UK counsel for mobility startup Zoomo on a venture debt financing facility. Zoomo, which is a Sydney-based mobility startup, recently raised AUS$16 million to accelerate its global expansion into new categories and markets.

Burges Salmon has advised Europe's first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, in connection with its inaugural investment fundraise of £1.7 million. St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory led the investment round, supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investme

Burges Salmon has advised global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. UK on the acquisition of Brockwell Energy’s Dalquhandy Wind Farm in Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. Dalquhandy is one of Brockwell Energy's key projects, owing to its good wind resource as well as its proximity to Coalburn and