BTO Solicitors LLP

Chairman: Grant Hunter

Chief Operating Officer: David Walker

Number of partners: 45

Number of assistant solicitors: 62

KEY CONTACTS:

Banking & Finance: Nicolas McBride

Charities & Not for Profit: David Gibson

Clinical Negligence: Jill Harris

Construction: Ian McCann

Corporate: Scott Wyper

Crime: Vikki Watt

Crisis Management: Alastair Gillies

Debt Recovery: Angus Wood

Dispute Resolution & Litigation: Angus Wood; Will Cole

Employment: Laura Salmond

Energy: Scott Wyper

Family Law: Lesley Gordon

Financial Crime: Vikki Watt

Health & Safety: Vikki Watt

Insurance: Catherine Currie

Insolvency & Corporate Recovery: Angus Wood

Intellectual Property, Media, Technology and Data Protection: Paul Motion; Lynn Richmond

Personal Injury: Wendy Thomson

Product Liability: Mark Morton; Angus Crawford

Professional Discipline: Jill Harris

Professional Negligence: Tim Edward

Real Estate Litigation: Will Cole; Angus Wood

Real Estate: Nicolas McBride

Regulatory & Criminal Defence: Watt, Vikki

Reputation Management: Paul Motion

Residential: Jane Steel

Rural Business: Jane Steel

Social Housing: Michael Cox

Sport: Will Cole

Wills, Estates & Succession Planning: Gregor Mitchell

BTO Solicitors LLP is a modern, full service law firm with strong roots in the Scottish business community and a tenacious, client focused approach.

Our longevity has been nurtured by a culture of continually innovating and evolving our services to fit the needs of businesses, families and individuals.

From energy, food and drink, and leisure, to healthcare, retail, sport, STEM, and high-net-worth matters, we bring together multi-disciplinary expertise to match your sector and your challenges.

On the commercial side, we advise on corporate law matters, commercial property, commercial and insurance-related litigation, regulatory and criminal defence.

Advice for families and individuals includes all family law matters, as well as residential property and wills, estates and succession planning.

Our clients range from major corporates, insurers, SMEs, and real estate investors, to manufacturers, financial institutions, membership organisations, senior executives, medical defence bodies, public sector organisations and charities.

We handle everything from advocacy, banking, construction and crisis management, to data protection, debt recovery, employment law, financial crime, health and safety, insolvency, IP, and more.

The firm is committed to the Scottish market, and it is also experienced in representing clients across the UK, as well as global businesses. It provides access to international legal advice through its membership of Mackrell International, a global legal network of legal firms in over 60 countries - combining big-picture thinking with a friendly, personalised service. Our aim is simple: to build lasting relationships and help you achieve your aspirations.

With BTO, you get more than legal advice — you get a strategic partner committed to your success.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK:

On the commercial side, BTO advises on corporate law matters, commercial property, commercial and insurance-related litigation, regulatory and criminal defence (corporate and personal). Advice for families and individuals includes all family law matters, as well as residential property and wills, estates and succession planning.

Niche teams include: Niche teams include: Advantage advocacy service; Banking & Finance; Charities & not for profit; Construction and engineering; Crisis management; Fertility law; Financial crime, compliance & investigations; Health & Safety & Environmental defence; Immigration law; Insolvency; IP, Media, Tech & Data; Public Inquiries; Recoveries; Regulatory; Renewable Energy; Reputation Management; Rural Business and Sports law.Visit www.bto.co.uk to learn more.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• A multi-disciplinary BTO team acted on behalf of longstanding client Mactaggart & Mickel Group in connection with the sale of its housebuilding and timber kit businesses to Springfield Properties PLC for £46million.
• The firm acted for South African Insolvency Practitioners in obtaining recognition of two sets of South African personal insolvency proceedings in Scotland. The personal insolvency relates to guarantees and securities of approximately ZAR80m and is part of a wider corporate insolvency involving the South African government investment funds, with an exposure of circa. ZAR800m.
• BTO acted for DITT Construction Limited in the negotiation of a building contract with Sheltand Space Centre Limited for the construction of a satellite launch centre at Lamba Ness, Unst, Shetland. This project will see small rockets delivering pay loads into low orbit and it will host the UK Space Agency’s UK Pathfinder launch that will be delivered by Lockheed Martin and ABL Systems.