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Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Weightmans LLP

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Weightmans LLP‘s corporate and commercial team operates as part of a fully integrated UK-wide practice, delivering support on M&A, private equity, and business structuring mandates. The team is particularly active in the healthcare sector and has a client base spanning start-ups, SMEs, and institutional investors. ’Excellent’ team head Claire McCracken is the key driver behind the firm’s healthcare offering and acts for a range of SMEs in both Scotland and the wider UK. Nicola Gonnella is principally noted for her commercial work across the sport and IT and telecoms sectors.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Worked with the Corporate team at Weightmans for a long time now, and they continue to support us in all aspects of our business. They have a great ethos that is pragmatic and deal focused. What has set them apart for me is their understanding of the business as a whole, they are interested in our business and how it operates which allows them to give us far more valuable advice.’

  • ‘Claire McCracken is our lead Partner. Claire is a great asset to our business, always switched on and focused on our issues. She understands our business, and is extremely pragmatic in her approach to resolving any issues we have. A great people person she is trusted and respected by the management team to advise on matters relating to our business.’

  • ‘Weightmans is a sizable firm which is evident from the pool of expertise they can draw upon during a transaction. However, the level of service on a personal level is absolutely outstanding. They are a big firm with small firm mentality when it comes to service provision which we are always really impressed with.'

  • 'Claire McCracken has been our lead partner on a number of transactions now and has been fantastic in managing the whole process. She is very attentive and most importantly is highly responsive.'

  • ‘Helpful, pragmatic and rational. They don’t overcomplicate anything and provide clear and straightforward advice in a timely fashion. They are knowledgeable and also able to simplify and prioritise complex processes.’

  • ‘They have earnt my trust through multiple dealings and I know the service will be efficient and fair in their approach to projects.'

Key clients

  • Aphex Software Limited
  • Panoramic Growth Equity LLP
  • LivExpo Holdings Limited
  • SB Drug Discovery Limited
  • Hold Fast Entertainment Limited
  • Twinflower Limited
  • TAC Holding Limited
  • Dentex Healthcare Group Limited
  • The Artisan Travel Group Limited
  • Bestway Healthcare Group Limited
  • Roskel Holdings 2024 Limited
  • Apadmi Limited

Work highlights

Advised PGE on its second-round equity investment in The Artisan Travel Group Limited (ATGL) for the purposes of ATGL acquiring tour operator Travel Editions Ltd.
Advised PGE on its equity investment in newco and newco’s management buy-out of the entire issued share capital of Full Circle Events & Exhibitions Limited and Psycho Peacock Limited by LivExpo Holdings Limited.
Acting for the shareholders of Hometrust Care Limited on their disposal of the Company to a trade buyer.

Practice head

Claire McCracken

Other key lawyers

Nicola Gonnella