Peter Tweedie > Lindsays > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Lindsays Offices
CALEDONIAN EXCHANGE
19A CANNING STREET
EDINBURGH
EH3 8HE
United Kingdom
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Peter Tweedie
Work Department
Corporate and Technology Group.
Position
Chairman and Partner in the Corporate and Technology department dealing with business sales and acquisitions; company share sales and acquisitions; general commercial contracts including corporate, partnership and sole traders.
Peter works with individuals, partnerships and companies at all levels including national retailers and developers, Medical, Dental and other professional practices and SME’s generally.
Career
Trained Murray Beith and Murray 1982-84; joined Shield and Kyd 1984, partner 1986; joined Lindsays as partner in 2012 when they merged with Shield & Kyd.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland.
Education
High School of Dundee; The University of Dundee (President of the Law Society 1983/84).
Leisure
Rugby coaching, golf, cycling, coaching.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
The corporate and commercial team at Lindsays attracts instructions from UK and international corporates, private investors and financial institutions, with a growing portfolio of early stage venture capital mandates, advising both active investors and companies seeking funding. Notable sectors of focus include the healthcare, tech, and professional services spaces. Practice head David Wood has a core focus on M&A, while also regularly engaging with commercial mandates pertaining to IP. Peter Tweedie is well regarded for his strength acting on M&A in the retail and hospitality sectors, whereas Ian Mitchell is particularly accomplished at private equity and venture capital transactions. Nick Howie, who joined from Anderson Strathern in September 2023, is ‘excellent at dealing with tricky or complex issues’. Alastair Smith is also recommended.
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer
- Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate