Amy McVey
Burges Salmon LLPBurges Salmon LLP leverages a strong real estate and energy practice to act for a host of lenders and borrowers on debt financings, acquisition financings, project financings, and restructurings; the firm has also advised on renewables and digital infrastructure financings in Europe and Africa. Team lead Stuart McMillan is the go-to for energy and infrastructure-related mandates and has close connections to a number of clearing, challenger and development banks. Amy McVey has an extensive domestic and cross-border practice and is notably proficient in real estate finance, leveraged finance, and distressed debt matters. Stephanie Lynch works with a variety of funds in the real estate space, while Samir Younes is also recommended.
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‘I really value the banking and finance team based in Scotland, especially Amy McVey. They have great commercial acumen and understand our requirements.’
‘Amy McVey is a pleasure to deal with.'
‘The Burges Salmon team have worked in a truly collaborative way with a strong emphasis on solving problems and helping to develop an innovative structure to ensure that we achieve our goals from our transaction.’
‘I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Stuart McMillan who brings deep experience and sector knowledge to our transaction whilst always remaining good humoured.’
'We regularly instruct the Burges Salmon team and find them to be really commercial, responsive and knowledgeable.'
'Amy McVey and Stuart McMillan are our go-to contacts for local law counsel in this jurisdiction. They make it easy for us to meet our clients needs by supporting our requests in a commercial and collegiate manner.'
'The team provided valuable and pragmatic support, focused on ensuring our key objectives were met whilst also giving proper consideration to the counterparty's requirements.'
'Stuart McMillan and Samir Younes were diligent and commercial throughout our transaction, providing creative solutions to issues that we encountered and working collaboratively rather than combatively.'
Key clients
- National Westminster Bank Plc and Export Development Canada
- abrdn Investment Management Limited
- Invergeldie Conservation Limited and Oxygen House Group Limited
- Santander UK plc
- Pandox Base Limited
- Henderson Park Real Estate Fund II UK Hotel Master S.à r.l.
- Cardiff Parkway Developments Limited
- Forsa Energy Gas Acquisitions Holdco 5 Limited
- Amber MEEF 2 LLP, The Mayor of London's Energy Efficiency Fund LP and National Westminster Bank Plc
- FEI-ONGRID LP
- Bank of Scotland plc
- Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
- Henslow Trading Limited
- Heritage Square Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for the funders in relation to the project financing of the development and construction of a 108 MW greenfield windfarm sited near Caithness in Scotland.
- Advised abrdn on an £18.7m funding package for Clearbell Property Partners IV LP.
- Advised Invergeldie Conservation Limited and Oxygen House Group Limited (part of Oxygen Conservation) as borrowers in relation to two loan facilities from Triodos Bank in an aggregate amount of £20.5m
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Practice head
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Stuart McMillan