Nicolas McBride

Practice Areas

Nicolas acts for various high-profile lenders in property and development finance and secured lending matters. He is a go to advisor for many banking contacts and BTO’s key contact for the likes of Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Triodos Bank, TSB and Close Brothers.

Nicolas and his team advise in the property aspects of bank secured funded and project finance funded renewable energy schemes, including wind energy and hydro projects acting for funders, developers and landowners, and he has a particular interest in ethical and social finance (being the principal property solicitor in commercial loans for Triodos bank).

He is one of the few Scottish solicitors on the commercial lending panel for Close Property Finance and he and his team were recently appointed to the TSB Bank commercial lending panel – another significant panel appointment and testament to his and his team’s reputation for expertise.

Career

Partner, BTO Solicitors LLP (2007-present). Trained Brechin Tindal Oatts; qualified 1998

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Scotland

Personal

Family, football and golf.

Clients

• Lloyds Banking Group

• Triodos Bank UK Limited

• Close Brothers Limited

• Royal Bank of Scotland plc

• Bank of Scotland plc

• TSB Bank plc

• Crowd Property Limited

• Barony Universal Products Plc

• Handelsbanken

• AMC Agricultural Mortgage Co

Work Highlights

• Acting for Close Brothers in this secured lending deal to fund the construction of a large out of town retail space.

• Acting for Bank of Scotland plc in relation to its lend to the well-known blinds manufacturer.

• Acting for Triodos Bank in relation to a lend in respect of a prominent hotel. The deal involved a large diligence exercise of the property and trading company with extensive reporting undertaken.

• Acting for BOS in various intercreditor arrangements.

• Acting for TSB in various lending matters located both north and south of the border

Industry Sector Expertise

All aspects of property related banking work; Project finance; Renewables; Ethical and social finance; Pension schemes; Insolvency and restructuring; and Licensed/leisure sectors.

Languages Spoken

English

Education