LAWYER PROFILE

Jack Letson

UK 2026

CMS

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

Scotland

10 years ranked

About

Provided by CMS

Practice Areas

Jack Letson is a partner in the Corporate/M&A Team. Jack specialises in public and private company work including: mergers and acquisitions; private equity; take-over bids; public issues and placings; corporate reorganisations; shareholder and joint venture arrangements; venture capital and crowdfunding investments; corporate legal audits and corporate governance matters. He is part of a corporate team that has been recognised as the leading legal deals team in Scotland in both 2015 and 2016.

Jack advises a broad range of clients from spin out/high growth companies all the way through to companies listed on AIM/the Main Market. Clients come to Jack for his 15 years’ worth of transactional experience. Having been on secondment to BAE Systems plc, he also has an in-depth understanding of the commercial aspects of high value transactions.

Since becoming a Partner, Jack has been consistently recommended by Legal 500 and ranked by Chambers UK, with the latter commenting on his experience in both domestic and international M&A and private equity work.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Corporate/M&A - Scotland

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Jack Letson is head of the Scottish corporate team at CMS. He utilises his commercial experience when advising on a range of corporate transactions both domestically and internationally in sectors including energy and technology.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Jack is technically excellent and always provides commercial solutions to legal issues, ensuring transactions run smoothly.
Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Jack has always provided an excellent level of service to us.
Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the Legal Profession