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Burness LLP

50 LOTHIAN ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH3 9WJ, SCOTLAND
Tel:
Work 0131 473 6000
Fax:
Fax 0131 473 6006
DX:
ED73 EDINBURGH
Web:
www.burness.co.uk
Email:
Glasgow, Edinburgh

Peter Lawson

Tel:
Work +44 131 473 6108
Email:
Burness LLP

Work Department

Corporate finance.

Position

Peter heads Burness’ corporate finance unit. He advises on a broad range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures and corporate restructuring. Since Peter’s return to Burness as a partner in 2001, he has led on many of the most significant corporate transactions in Scotland.

Career

Trained Burness, qualified 1996; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London office 1998-2001; partner, Burness LLP 2001.

Education

Dunfermline High School; University of Edinburgh (1992 LLB Hons,1993 Dip LP).

Leisure

Family, sport.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Corporate finance; Financial services

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