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Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Lindsays

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Lindsays advises investors, high-growth technology companies, and early-stage ventures on private equity and VC investments, M&A, IP issues, and spinouts, with notable activity in the technology, gaming, and life sciences sectors. David Wood spearheads the practice and leverages over thirty years of experience to comprehensively advise clients on M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, and a range of IP matters. Ian Mitchell is a go-to for private equity transactions, and Nick Howie has recently been active on significant deals in the healthcare, pharma and sport sectors.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Lindsays is a very customer focused firm, with the corporate team recognising that clients have businesses to run and meetings need to fit around their schedules.'

  • ‘Nick Howie is knowledgeable, efficient and takes care to ensure that the transaction meets the aspirations of the parties.’

  • ‘Ready to convey legal terms and meaning to simpler layman's terms.’

  • ‘Lindsays were very efficient, responded quickly to any queries and were able to call on a wide range of specialisms within their team. Every member of the team that I dealt with explained things clearly and showed a good eye for detail.’

  • 'They are very welcoming and helpful.'

  • 'What has distinguished Lindsays from all of them is the friendly, competent, business-like approach to communications and explanations on legal matters in which I, as a layman, could understand.'

  • ‘David Wood showed a wide range and depth of knowledge and was able to call on others quickly when aspects were out of his area of expertise to create a very coherent service. He was always friendly and helpful and was instrumental in keeping things moving when the sale was in danger of getting bogged down. The advice he gave was always to the point and explained clearly and his approachable manner meant you always felt able to ask questions.’

  • 'The team was appropriately resourced based on the work we were doing. It was also very clearly defined on who was doing what and there was no point in the process that we were not clear who to speak to. The team was capable technically and we had a very good working relationship with them throughout the whole process.'

  • 'Each individual we worked with exhibited their competence in their area of expertise. In particular, we were impressed with our employment solicitor as she was not only very capable technically, but she was also able to give clear and pragmatic solutions to the issues we were discussing at the time.'

Key clients

  • Build a Rocket Boy Limited
  • Archangel Investors Limited
  • Anti-friction Components Limited
  • Samuel Solley (Hotels) Limited

Work highlights

Advising Antifriction Components Limited in connection with the multi-million pound purchase of Scots Bearings Limited.
Providing advice to Samuel Solly (Hotels) Limited in respect of the sale of its 3 hotels (each hotel sold for multi-million pound prices), including the 100 bed Kings Manor Hotel in Edinburgh.
Advising on the high-value sale of Synergy Financial Planning to chartered financial planning firm, AAB Wealth Limited.

Practice head

David Wood

Other key lawyers

Ian Mitchell; Nick Howie