‘Approachable, easy to work with, well organised.’

‘Iain Rutherford has great industry knowledge and client manner. Always homes in on the key points.’

‘Large team with skilled specialists. They react quickly and are willing to go above and beyond.’

‘Alison Bryce provides prompt responses and excellent pragmatic solutions.’

‘Burness Paull LLP stand out due to their great client focus. As a client you are always treated as if you are their number one priority regardless of how large or small the instruction is. They will ensure that the right people are assigned to the matter based on their skill and knowledge and they make additional support available across all specialty areas, as required. The team are reliably knowledgeable and can be creative with finding good solutions to difficult negotiations.’

‘The commercial team at Burness Paull are exceptional at understanding the crux of, and solving for, all issues. We use them for both deal related matters and ad hoc business advice. Would recommend.’

‘Callum Sinclair is knowledgeable and pragmatic. Would recommend.’

‘Callum Sinclair is exceptional.’

‘The Burness Paull team allocated to my business not only had extensive technology experience but also took the time to understand our business and operations. As a result, ongoing discussions and support has been incredibly productive, and their informed advice has helped us achieve our goals more quickly.’

‘Burness Paul’s vast experience in all areas from contract management, data protection and human resources is exceptional. The team also work very well together meaning you don’t feel like you’re being passed from pillar to post. It’s a great demonstration of collaboration and ultimately feels like an extension of our own business.’

‘I think Callum genuinely cares about our business and it shines through in the interactions I have with him and the service we receive.’

‘Callum Sinclair has proved to be particular strength in team working with SLC. His positive can-do attitude combined with expert knowledge backed up with excellent team contributed to successful conclusion of challenging IT contract. Client department was very appreciative not only of knowledge but ability to explain complex legal concepts in understandable way.’

‘CMS has excellent knowledge and experience of IT and telecoms sector with strength in depth across the whole team.’

‘The CMS team responds promptly to customer requirements while providing invaluable advice and analysis to support our decision-making.’

CMS are open to collaborative working and has introduced new team members seamlessly.’

‘The commitment, knowledge and experience of the whole CMS team are outstanding.’

‘Knowledgeable, commercially astute and easy to deal with.’

‘Alan Nelson, Martin Beveridge and Chris Bowie are stand out. All are excellent technically, commercially savvy and easy to deal with.’

‘I have worked with CMS on developing very complex and innovative FinTech products. This has involved looking at unique legal issues – unique because we’re developing products that haven’t been done before. They act as “product counsels” understanding the wider commercial and consumer goals and tailoring their advice to help us progress a product from concept design to launch.’

‘Christopher Bowie is impressive – he is a very effective negotiator; very intelligent; and very commercially minded. What I value most though is his empathy. He just gets it, both in the sense of the stress we are under as in-house lawyers and also the goals we are driving for.’

‘The differentiating factor for me is their effort to understand our business and give us focused advice tailored to our key priorities, rather than generic advice on legal issues.’

‘Linzi Penman is our core relationship contact. She is very responsive, and takes time to listen to our in-house team, meaning that the service we get from her team is generally excellent.’

‘This team provides practical advice with a quick turnaround with sensible fee arrangements.’

‘John McKinlay is approachable and extremely pragmatic with a good understanding of our business. He always makes himself available and quick to turn around work.’

‘John McKinlay is a real leader in this area. His subject-matter knowledge is unsurpassed, and he combines this with excellent technical abilities and an open, engaging manner.’

‘From an IT and Technology perspective the multidisciplinary team conveys experience, peace of mind and a sense that you are in a very safe pair of hands when dealing with them.’

‘David Anderson’s leadership shines through with client service focus in everything that they do.’

‘They are clearly reinforcing their excellent technology capability in Scotland.’

‘We have used multiple firms for advisory around commercial contracts (e.g. partnering agreements, reseller agreements, software licence agreements) and we have found the team at Addleshaw Goddard one of the best. They are knowledgeable, easy to relate to and practical in their advice. It allows us to make quick and efficient commercial decisions based on their advice.’

‘Ross Nicol and his team are very good to work with. Having technical legal knowledge is one thing but being able to work with clients to translate that quickly into practical commercial solutions is another. Ross and the team are particularly good at this.’

‘The team has been excellent at helping us deal with a transition services arrangement owing to the acquisition of one of our business visits. The team enabled us to novate thousands of agreements in a very short period of time due to their experience and professionalism at meeting milestones and delivering on time at the time. The team are very hard-working and turn every stone to help you achieve your business priority.’

‘We worked with Ross Nicol, who is a very capable partner. He will make sure that we are in the best possible position, by balancing our risk appetite to together with commercial priorities. Ross also helped us and multiple IT contracts which have been high value and complex.’

‘Ross Nicol possesses outstanding commercial and legal ability plus he is clearly a good, kind and competent leader.’

‘Great industry knowledge and willingness to explore new technologies and their impacts. The knowledge and skills of the wider company also supports us as we grow our business here in the UK.’

‘Tom Thomas has great knowledge and expertise, we have a great working relationship and I respect his opinions and insight.’

‘The team at Harper Macleod have provided advice and assistance on a range of IT procurement and contract-related issues. The advice and assistance provided has been comprehensive, informative and supported decision making on these issue. Also, the service provided was responsive, with information and guidance provided to meet project timescales.’

‘I recently had the pleasure of working with Dentons on Project Azalea (contact centre procurement), and I couldn’t be more impressed. What struck me was that the specific engagement was professional, provided clear points of contact and accountability and had a specific focus on delivering clear advice and outcomes.’

‘It was clear that Ian Barrie was focused on giving clear and specific advice, outlining the benefits and risks of a course of action and was very obviously able to grasp the commercial and contractual implications of any of his recommendations. This made his advice and input very useful.’

‘Diverse and adaptable in the broad array of fields I am responsible for.’

‘I have worked with Ian Barrie on multiple service contracts. Ian demonstrated a broad knowledge of corporate service agreements across a variety of very differing contracts.’