David Gibson > 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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David Gibson
Work Department
Real estate, property/commercial.
Position
Chairman / Partner
Chairman of BTO.
One of the most experienced commercial property practitioners in the Scottish market and highly regarded for his corporate and commercial property skills and depth of experience across an impressive range of sectors. Expert in corporate structures, public/private JVs, development projects, infrastructure, landed estates, charities, retail and renewable energy schemes. Advises national and multi-national companies, estates, charities, funders, public sector bodies, SMEs and others including e.g. Luss Estates Company, Audit Scotland, United Biscuits, Stena Line Group, TUI Group, Calor Gas, Isle of Arran Distillers, and Clic Sargent. Lead partner in Rural Business and Renewable Energy Units. Recent project experience includes lead property adviser to the Scottish Football Association in Hampden Stadium arrangements, a project of national significance.
Career
Trained W & J Burness WS; qualified 1986, partner BTO Solicitors LLP 2011. Partner W&J Burness WS/Burness LLP (1990-2011); partner BTO Solicitors LLP (2011 to date).
Publications of note: various press articles; advisory panel to Scottish Law Commission
Languages
Conversational French.
Memberships
Writer to the Signet.
Education
Edinburgh University (1984 LLB Hons Dip LP).
Leisure
Golf (Glasgow Golf Club; Crail Golf Club); classic cars.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
BTO Solicitors LLP‘s charities team acts for a diverse range of public sector clients, registered social landlords, charities and other third sector entities. Acting for registered social landlords is a speciality for the team led by senior associate Marion Davis, a seasoned charity law expert, who ‘goes above and beyond‘ when assisting clients across the sector. On the commercial side, David Gibson advises major Scottish and UK-wide organisations on commercial property matters, while Laura Salmond and Caroline Carr specialise in sector-specific employment law.
Scotland > Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
BTO Solicitors LLP operates across a wealth of assets, including retail, housebuilder, renewables, social housing, hotel and leisure sites, with Graeme Kelly serving as an essential contact in the latter space. Practice head Jane Steel is well-versed in investment affairs, although the team’s wider capabilities span development, finance, and estate management and diversification matters. Other recommended individuals include firm chairman David Gibson, an expert in matters with a corporate crossover, and Scott Buchan, whose recent work includes BTR projects.
Lawyer Rankings
- Charities and not-for-profit Scotland > Private client
- Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow Scotland > Real estate
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