Mr Douglas Roberts > TLT > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

TLT
9th Floor, 41 West Campbell Street
Glasgow
G2 6SE
United Kingdom
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Work Department

Corporate and Commercial (Scotland)

Position

Partner

Career

Douglas has over 23 years’ experience of advising on corporate legal matters including M&A, equity investments and corporate advisory work across a broad spectrum of clients, including SMEs, family businesses and start-ups.

His general corporate experience spans a broad spectrum of sectors, including healthcare, IT, finance, retail, hospitality, engineering, energy supply and property.

Douglas is recognised as one of Scotland’s leading solicitors on employee ownership, having assisted with numerous transitions to employee ownership. He also advises employee owned businesses on an ongoing basis including with reorganisations, acquisitions and sales.  He has acted for Capital for Colleagues plc regarding investments in employee owned companies.

Douglas has also developed a specialisation in sports law, acting for a number of sports clubs, governing bodies and individuals. He successfully represented clients in one of the highest profile sports law disputes in Scotland this century.

Jurisdictions: Scotland, England & Wales

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow

(Next Generation Partners)

Douglas Roberts – TLT

Praised for its ‘strength in-depth’ and ‘knowledge in its specialist sectors’, TLT has a wide offering that is particularly well geared to act on employee ownership transfers and transactions in the energy sector. The firm is also active on overseas investment deals into the Scottish real estate and infrastructure market, as well as M&A, private equity, and joint ventures in the accountancy, retail and manufacturing spaces. Helming the practice is Damien Bechelli, who is active on the full range of corporate and corporate finance matters as well as extensive venture capital work. Douglas Roberts – who joined the practice from Lindsays in February 2023 – ‘offers fantastic guidance’ to a broad roster of clients and is singled out for his expertise in employee ownership transactions. Kirsty Smith presides over domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity deals.