Neil Burgess > Brodies LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Brodies LLP Offices

110 QUEEN STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3BX
United Kingdom
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Neil Burgess

Work Department
Corporate and commercial.
Position
Neil has particular expertise in M&A and private equity, with a strong focus on growth capital and private equity clients and transactions, and cross-border and domestic M&A. His experience spans a number of sectors, including manufacturing and engineering, facilities management, food and drink, technology and energy.
Career
Trained Maclay Murray & Spens, qualified 1995; assistant solicitor then associate Maclays 1995-99; associate then senior associate.
Minter Ellison, Sydney 1999-2001; associate Maclays 2001-05; associate DLA Piper Scotland LLP 2005-06; partner DLA Piper 2007-13; partner Brodies LLP 2013 to date.
Education
University of Glasgow (1992 LLB Hons); University of Strathclyde (1993 Diploma in Legal Practice).
Leisure
Family, golf, music, football, skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
(Hall of Fame)Lauded for providing ‘an outstanding level of advice to clients’, Brodies LLP is equipped to advise on key domestic and international mandates, with extensive activity pertaining to M&A in the financial services, tech, life sciences, and food and drink sectors. The firm also handles a range of investment deals, fundraising and investment rounds, conversions, and disposals and exits. Group lead Neil Burgess is ‘exceptional’ across the full gamut of corporate and commercial work, handling substantial M&A, PE, joint ventures, and corporate governance and restructuring instructions. William Mcintosh is the primary contact for many of the firm’s European and US buyout house and fund mandates, and Derek Stroud counts Scottish Enterprise as a key client. David Lightbody has a proven track record in M&A and PE transactions in the food and drink and healthcare sectors. Duncan Cathie is widely praised for the ‘expertise, dedication and communication skills’ he displays throughout the lifecycle of a deal, while Alasdair Dunn‘s venture capital and early start-up work is a growing feature of his broad practice. Shuna Stirling is noted for her corporate real estate expertise, and Paul Breen focuses on company law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow Scotland > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Investment funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public sector > Parliamentary and public affairs
- Insurance > Personal injury: defender
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport