Nicolas McBride > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
BTO Solicitors LLP Offices
48 ST VINCENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 5HS
United Kingdom
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Nicolas McBride
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)
BTO Solicitors LLP handles a steady stream of mandates across a wide array of sectors spanning hydrogen, solar, biomass, private wire schemes, energy from waste and community-led renewables projects. Project funding and structuring expert Scott Wyper leads the team and is highly sought after to advise on a diverse range of projects, from wind and domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) schemes, to PPAs and grid connection sharing arrangements. Co-head Nicolas McBride is highly experienced in the property aspects of renewable energy work, such as land and servitude rights issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction