Nicolas McBride > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

BTO Solicitors LLP Offices

BTO Solicitors LLP
48 ST VINCENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 5HS
United Kingdom
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Nicolas McBride

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Work Department

Real estate, leisure, hospitality and licensing, banking and finance, energy.

Position

Partner

Nicolas acts for various high-profile lenders in property and development finance and secured lending matters.   He is a go to advisor for many banking contacts and BTO’s key contact for the likes of Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Triodos Bank, TSB and Close Brothers.

Nicolas and his team advise in the property aspects of bank secured funded and project finance funded renewable energy schemes, including wind energy and hydro projects acting for funders, developers and landowners, and he has a particular interest in ethical and social finance (being the principal property solicitor in commercial loans for Triodos bank).

He is one of the few Scottish solicitors on the commercial lending panel for Close Property Finance and he and his team were recently appointed to the TSB Bank commercial lending panel – another significant panel appointment and testament to his and his team’s reputation for expertise.

Career

Partner, BTO Solicitors LLP (2007-present). Trained Brechin Tindal Oatts; qualified 1998

Work highlights:

  • Acting for Close Brothers in this secured lending deal to fund the construction of a large out of town retail space.
  • Acting for Bank of Scotland plc in relation to its lend to the well-known blinds manufacturer.
  • Acting for Triodos Bank in relation to a lend in respect of a prominent hotel. The deal involved a large diligence exercise of the property and trading company with extensive reporting undertaken.
  • Acting for BOS in various intercreditor arrangements.
  • Acting for TSB in various lending matters located both north and south of the border.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Lenzie Academy; University of Strathclyde (1997 LLB (Hons)).

Leisure

Family, football and golf.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)

Lauded for its ‘depth of experience and knowledge of the sector’, BTO Solicitors LLP advises renewable operators, developers and landowners on the full suite of commercial and development issues, most notably option agreements and leases. Recent projects include wind, solar, hydro, EV charging infrastructure, and battery storage facility matters. Nicolas McBride and Scott Wyper co-lead the practice, with the former reputed for his real estate and property acumen and the latter for his funding and project structuring expertise. Emma Barclay and Marieclaire Reid also come recommended for their development and financing knowledge.

Scotland > Finance > Banking and finance

BTO Solicitors LLP demonstrates expertise across a broad spectrum of finance mandates, delivering counsel to clients prominent in the energy, industrial, leisure and real estate sectors. Spearheading the practice is Nicolas McBride, who advises a host of clearing and challenging banks active in the region, notably sought out for his property finance expertise. Fellow co-head Jeremy Glen‘s work concentrates on corporate finance instructions, while David Gibson is a key name in the team for property finance matters. Further practitioners of note include Scott Buchan, who focuses on development financings, and Emma Barclay, who acts across a wide variety of lender and borrower-side mandates.

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