Deals

Burges Salmon has supported Indian law firm Khaitan & Co, part of Burges Salmon’s International Preferred Firm Network, in advising its client Firstsource Solutions UK Limited, a London-based business process services firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Firstsource Solutions Limited (Ind

Glasgow-based AI chatbot and messaging technology company Konversable has raised £300,000 following a successful investment round, with support provided by Davidson Chalmers Stewart. Konversable’s technology enables businesses and organisations to have ‘smarter conversations’

Thorntons has secured a new three-year contract with City of Glasgow College, Scotland’s largest technical and professional skills education provider and the third largest of its kind in the UK. Thorntons has been providing legal advice to City of Glasgow College since 2016 and expanded its ro

Burges Salmon has advised Clean Energy Cap Ltd (CEC), a private-wire renewable energy company, on an investment from True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC), a renewable energy-focused private equity firm. An Edinburgh-based Burges Salmon corporate energy M&A team advised on the transaction, led

Addleshaw Goddard remained the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Scotland in the first half of this year, according to the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The firm advised on 11 deals, ahead of CMS, which took second place with ei

Dentons has advised the John Lewis Partnership on Waitrose's acquisition of Dishpatch, the meal-kit delivery service that provides restaurant-quality home dining in collaboration with some of the UK’s leading chefs. Dishpatch, founded in 2020, replicates a restaurant experience without leaving

Burges Salmon has advised Export Development Canada (EDC) and NatWest on the long-term financing of a 106MW wind farm, located in Caithness. Acting as co-mandated lead arrangers and co-lenders, EDC and NatWest together provided £130 million to support the construction of the Limekiln Wind Farm

Burges Salmon has advised Calcivis, a Scottish biotech that aims to revolutionise early-intervention diagnostics in dentistry, on its £5 million investment. The funding was provided by the Scottish National Investment Bank and IFS Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven Capital Partner

Harper Macleod has advised on the sale of the assets and operations of the Glendevon Hydro Scheme in Dollar, by Torishima Service Solutions Europe Limited to Renfin & Hydropol Group. The scheme, constructed by Torishima in partnership with Scottish Water in 2022, was one of the first of its kind

The UK and Ireland corporate team of DWF advised on 188 deals in 2023, with a combined value of more than £3.5 billion. DWF acted on deals across all of the business' core sectors, but technology transactions amassed the highest value of deals with a total value surpassing £1.25 billion.

TLT has supported renewable energy infrastructure firm Field on its acquisition of 200MWh Scottish Holmston and Drum Farm battery energy storage sites from RES. RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company with 40 years of experience delivering global renewable energy soluti

Dentons is advising the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on its anchor investment in The Green Guarantee Company (GGC), the world’s first climate-focused guarantee company. GCC is set to unlock billions in climate finance for developing countries by providing guarantees for

Burges Salmon has advised Santander on a deal to support the Management Buy-Out (MBO) of Scottish pensions firm @sipp. Based in Glasgow, @sipp specialises in self-invested personal pensions, small self-administered schemes as well as commercial property. Supported by funding provided by Santander UK

Dentons has advised Thomson Reuters for the first time on a corporate transaction, advising on its acquisition of World Business Media Limited, a cross-platform, subscription-based provider of editorial coverage for the (re)insurance industry. World Business Media Limited is based in London and has

Brodies LLP has advised on a first-of-its-kind war risk insurance that enables Ukraine's international exports to be shipped across the Black Sea. Acting for Ukraine's Export Credit Agency (the ECA), Brodies advised on an insurance facility that places relevant funds in accounts at Ukrainian state b