Chambers Review
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Corporate/M&A - Scotland
What the Team is Known For
Blackwood Partners has a recognised focus on the oil and gas sector. The firm regularly acts for clients on M&A and private equity matters on behalf of a range of sponsors and corporate clients. The team offers additional expertise in restructurings and reorganisations, with notable experience in handling cross-border deals.
Strengths
We get a consistently good service across the range of requirements we have had.
We can always rely on their solid, strong, technical advice.
We've used excellent practitioners on a variety of projects from Blackwood.
Work Highlights
Blackwood Partners acted for SCF Partners and their investee company, Buchan 1, in purchasing the remaining shares in Powerstar.
Notable practitioners
He is very strong commercially, with a very good understanding and feel for M&A deal dynamics.
Alastair is a very strong performer. He's superb.
Alastair is a good lawyer and good to deal with. He gets the job done and knows his stuff.
Alastair is very experienced and great to have acting on your behalf. He is an expert in his field.
Alastair is always very good. He's very pragmatic, responsive and knows his stuff.
Judith is an excellent lawyer.
Judith is direct, practical and offers solid advice at a fast pace. She is very knowledgeable.
He's particularly strong in terms of client focus and has very high personal standards for providing the best level of service.
Ross is quick, direct and very knowledgeable.
Ross Fair is a strong lawyer and does good work. I expect to see him step up to a leadership role in the future.
He's very astute and his commercial vision is very strong.