Scott Wyper > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Scott Wyper

0141 221 8012 swy@bto.co.uk View profile View profile View profile

Work Department

Corporate, Banking and Finance, Renewable Energy

Position

Partner

Scott is an established corporate lawyer involved in advising a broad range of clients, across many sectors, on all aspects of corporate law. He provides clients in corporate transactional matters such as acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and financing.  In addition, Scott provides advice on contractual matters such as consultancy agreements, collaboration agreements, investment agreements and management agreements.

He provides corporate advisory advice to clients on matters such as structuring corporate ventures, corporate governance and constitutional matters, shareholders’ agreements, directors’ duties and responsibilities and finance matters.

Scott is also heavily involved in corporate finance and restructuring, acting for institutional investors, funders, companies seeking investment and administrators.

He provides corporate advisory advice to clients on matters such as structuring corporate ventures, shareholders’ agreements, directors’ duties and responsibilities and finance matters.

Scott is also heavily involved in corporate finance and restructuring, acting for institutional investors, funders, companies seeking investment and administrators.

Deals include: Acquisition of a number of competitors for Scott Group Ltd and sale; foreign investment in a manufacturing and distribution client to fund the acquisition of competitor; acting for a number of clients in the acquisition / sale of dental practices; refinance of £15m wind farm project; acting for Triodos Bank in the funding of a £13m wind farm; acting in a number of shareholder / partnership disputes.

Career

Scott trained with BTO Solicitors LLP and has remained with the firm throughout his career, becoming a Partner in 2016 and Head of Corporate in 2021.

Work Highlights

• Acting for the shareholders of Scott Group Investments Limited in the sale of the group to BSW Timber Limited, part of the Binderholz Matter value.
• Acting for the shareholders of Eclinicalhealth Ltd in the sale of the company to Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc.
• Acting for Scottish Hydro Investment Limited in the acquisition of Hydro Energy Trading Limited and Green Energy Trading Limited from Guinness Asset Management.
• Acting for the shareholders of Mabbett & Associates Limited in the sale to Global Energy Group for an undisclosed sum.
• Acting for the Sellers of a process engineering business in a trade sale to a competitor.
• Acting for the founders of a successful Glasgow restaurant chain in obtaining finance for expansion.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland.

Education

University of Glasgow LLB (Hons) (2003)

Glasgow Graduate School of Law DipLP (2004)

Personal

Scott is a keen golfer and a member of Irvine Golf Club (Bogside).  In the winter months Scott spends time on the slopes snowboarding.

Leisure

Golf and snowboarding.