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

Brodies LLP
110 QUEEN STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3BX
United Kingdom
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Work Department

Corporate and commercial.

Position

Neil leads the Corporate and Commercial practice at Brodies and is a partner in the corporate team. He has extensive UK and international experience. His practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial transactions, both domestic and cross-border, advising a range of multinational and national companies and institutions. He advises on M&A, private equity investments, MBOs and MBIs, joint ventures, commercial contracts, corporate governance and restructuring. He regularly advises clients on matters of a key strategic nature, running high value, complex transactions and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary legal teams, and providing pragmatic and commercial advice.

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)

Neil BurgessBrodies LLP

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.