BTO Solicitors LLP

Chairman: Grant Hunter

Chief Operating Officer: David Walker

Number of partners: 41

Number of assistant solicitors: 83

KEY CONTACTS:

Banking & Finance: Nicolas McBride

Charities & Not for Profit: Marion Davis

Clinical Negligence: Laura Donald

Construction: Fraser Hopkins

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, 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: Euan Fleming

BTO is an independent Scottish law firm based in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Helensburgh, which has enjoyed steady growth over the last decade across all sectors, and prides itself on providing a friendly, personalised service.

A full-service firm, it offers expert legal advice to businesses, individuals and families. It also advises a wide spectrum of sectors, from the arts and creative industries, to charities, leisure and hospitality and food and drink… and BTO ‘blends’ its services to fit client needs.

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.

Clients range from large medical defence organisations and public sector organisations, not for profit and charitable organisations, to major insurers, major corporates, SMEs, real estate developers and investors, established manufacturers, well known retailers, financial institutions, membership organisations and senior executives.

Its vision is to ensure its continued success as one of the leading legal firms in Scotland with a unique, progressive high performing and positive culture, focused on achieving sustainable profitable growth.

The firm is committed to helping its clients reach their goals by collaborating with them and looking beyond the law.

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: ADVantage advocacy service, abuse claims, banking and finance, construction and engineering, creative industries, crisis management, disease claims, data protection, education, employment, environmental, family law, health and safety, insolvency and corporate recovery, IP and technology, online reputation protection, recoveries, regeneration, renewable energy, rural business, third sector, social housing and sports law.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS:

• 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.