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Dentons
QUARTERMILE ONE
15 LAURISTON PLACE
EDINBURGH
EH3 9EP
United Kingdom
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Brian Hugh Moore

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Work Department

Corporate and Financial Services

Position

Brian is a Corporate partner in the Firm’s Edinburgh office and has been with the Firm since 1997. He has broad experience of a wide range of UK and international corporate and commercial work, and specialises in public and private M&A and equity capital markets transactions. He is also a Reporter to the Court of Session in Scotland in respect of company schemes of arrangement and reduction schemes, cross-border mergers, Part VII insurance, and banking business and ring-fencing transfer schemes. Brian is dual qualified in Scotland and in England and Wales, and is particularly active in the food and beverage, industrials and real estate sectors.

Career

Research assistant with Scottish Law Commission (Summer 1996); trained Maclay Murray & Spens; qualified Scotland 1999; qualified England 2004; associate Maclay Murray & Spens 2004; seconded to Clyde Blowers 2005; partner 2008.

Education

Forrester High School, Edinburgh; University of Dundee (1996 LLB (Hons); 1997 Dip LP).

Leisure

Football; golf; cycling; reading; travel.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow

With an ‘experienced and timely’ team that provides ‘practical advice and strong knowledge across sectors’, Dentons is experienced in handling a variety of premium cross-border and UK mandates that requires M&A, PE, venture capital and joint venture counsel. The practice has expanded its remit with listed funds and asset managers, and works with clients on a growing portfolio of impact investing and major company takeovers. Team leader Brian Moore has an extensive track record in cross-border instructions, as well as public and private M&A and equity capital markets work. Claire Armstrong is a go-to name for investment funds and oversees investments in a multitude of sectors, especially the energy, infrastructure and financial services industries. Adam Knowles is equipped to act on private M&A and private equity matters, and Owen McLennan is another name of note for funds work. Diana Mennie is recommended for her ability to advise on early-stage venture capital transactions and is well versed in the tech sector, while Paul Flynn has a strong transactional and advisory offering. Iain Sutherland  and Derek McCombe left the firm to join Addleshaw Goddard in October 2023.

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