Burges Salmon LLP

Niall is a senior associate in the Corporate Finance team, based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, who specialises in mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate structuring and commercial contracts.

He has advised clients in a broad range of sectors including technology, renewable energy, hospitality and food and drink.

Within the renewable energy sector, Niall has advised on transactions involving onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro and battery storage.

Niall’s work on equity investments has included advising start-up and scale-up companies throughout their whole life cycle, from incorporation and seed investment, through each of their fundraising rounds and on their eventual exits. Niall also regularly advises VC firms and PE funds on their investment activity into UK high growth companies.

He has undertaken secondments to BayWa r.e. UK, a UK wind energy developer, and William Grant & Sons, a global drinks company, and was ranked as a Leading Associate in Legal 500 2026.