Chambers Review
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Corporate/M&A - Scotland
What the Team is Known For
DWF acts for Scottish, national and international clients, including corporates, management bodies and public companies. The firm offers sector expertise in the consumer, energy, financial services and sport sectors. The team is supported by an extensive network across the UK to provide clients with the depth of resources to cover all their corporate needs. It regularly handles high-profile M&A work and private equity deals.
Strengths
We have been able to build strong relationships with them and know what we're getting, so our experience has been very positive.
All of the lawyers we have engaged at DWF have been quick to respond and up to speed at all times with different aspects of the transactions.
DWF offer exactly what I want in an adviser: the team focus me on the key commercial issues and I fully trust them to deal with the more technical aspects.
Work Highlights
DWF acted for Spectre Bidco on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Serbus.
Notable practitioners
Paul brings real value to a discussion.
Paul is a good lawyer and has some good clients. He's a good operator and a well-known name in the market.
He is an exceptional individual who manages all stakeholders in a transaction with ease and respect. He is highly responsive and collaborative, and provides an enormous sense of trust and confidence.
Gary MacDonald is an Edinburgh-based partner on DWF's corporate team, supporting on large-value M&A and private equity transactions. He demonstrates strong experience in the financial services, technology and real estate sectors.
Gary is diligent and intelligent, with a really commercial mind and a calm manner. He is one of the best I have worked with.
Gary is great to work with and very commercial in his thinking.
Gary is a pleasure to work with.
Graham Tait is a Glasgow-based senior associate recognised for his diverse experience of investment transactions in high-growth industries, such as AI and biotechnology.
It is an absolute pleasure to work with Graham. He is responsive, hard-working and dedicated. He is able to identify legal risks, provide solutions and guide us with the deep knowledge he has of us.
Graham is a pleasure to work with, very pragmatic and responsive.
Graham is very easy to get along with, hard-working and knowledgeable.
Graham gives you the confidence that they have things in hand. His advice is always pragmatic, and generally he is just quite easy to deal with.