CALEDONIAN EXCHANGE, 19A CANNING STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HE, SCOTLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0131 229 1212
- Fax:
- Fax 0131 229 5611
- DX:
- ED25 EDINBURGH
- Web:
- www.lindsays.co.uk
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Lindsays is a full-service firm, offering an extensive range of specialist expertise to a wide variety of clients.
The firm: Lindsays has been an established legal practice for nearly 200 years. In recent times, the firm has experienced strong growth and development, particularly in relation to corporate services.
The firm provides a partner-led personalised service to build long-term relationships with clients and develop a comprehensive understanding of their needs and environments. The firm’s teams are tailored to meet clients’ specific needs and ensure that the most suitably qualified and experienced people handle each project. Lindsays’ strategy is to continue to develop its range of services in line with the changing requirements of its clients.
Types of work undertaken: Lindsays’ varied clients include national and international public companies, SMEs, financial and educational institutions, university spin-out companies, start-up businesses, charities and private individuals.
The firm offers corporate and commercial, litigation and private client services, with particular strength and recognition in a number of niche areas, such as intellectual property, liquor licensing, charity and employment law. Lindsays’ strong credentials and sector knowledge enable it to provide a truly specialist service.
Services for corporate and commercial clients include company law, contracts and documentation, corporate finance (including mergers and acquisitions, MBOs/MBIs and venture capital), employment law and specialist services to the charity, education, technology, renewable energy, and hospitality and leisure sectors. The firm also handles a significant amount of correspondent work for English legal practices. The firm’s corporate team has an increasingly prominent profile for its M&A and venture capital work.
The firm’s commercial property team acts for institutional investors, developers, landlords and tenants. Lindsays also offers specialist advice to agricultural, rural and landed estate clients, with recognised expertise in crofting and renewable energy schemes.
The firm’s construction team offers advice on both contentious and non-contentious matters and acts for clients on a range of complex court disputes, adjudications and arbitrations. The civil litigation team offers debt management and recovery services, as well as acting in all other areas of civil litigation.
Services for private clients include family law, trusts, wills and executries, and personal tax. The residential property division offers a complete service covering estate agency and conveyancing.
Breakdown of work %
Corporate and technology 25
Commercial property and construction 25
Litigation 20
Private client 15
Residential property 15
Number of UK partners 25
Number of other UK fee-earners 77
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