Burness 保罗l has elevated four lawyers to partner across energy, 技术和房地产, important areas of strategic focus and success for the firm as it continues to invest in developing homegrown talent alongside ambitious lateral hiring.
The newly appointed partners are Victoria Tweed (energy), 穆雷 Cree (technology and commercial), 保罗 Coyle and Mike Guthrie (both real estate).
Tweed is a senior member of Burness 保罗l’s energy division. A corporate renewables expert, she is lead adviser to a number of renewable energy clients and has significant experience of complex and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, group reorganisations, and corporate governance.
Cree is an expert in cloud contracting and software as a service (SaaS), 数字平台, and large-scale IT and business process outsourcing. He has particular expertise in the fintech and energytech sectors.
Coyle, who trained at Burness 保罗l, advises clients across a broad range of sectors and issues including real estate finance, large scale acquisition and disposal of commercial properties and development, with particular expertise in the expanding PBSA market (Purpose Built Student Accommodation).
A specialist in residential development work, Guthrie acts for some of the country’s most active housebuilders. As head of the firm’s 首页 Sales team, responsible for selling thousands of new-build properties every year, he is the architect of bespoke, technology driven processes to help clients efficiently deliver large-scale housing projects.
The four new partners take the total number of partners at Burness 保罗l to 89 and are among 69 promotions effective from 1 April – including 10 directors, 18名高级助理, 16岁的同事, and 21 senior solicitors – across the firm’s practice areas and offices in Edinburgh, 格拉斯哥和阿伯丁.
Burness 保罗l has just completed an abbreviated eight-month financial year after changing its year-end from 31 July to 31 March in order to align with HMRC’s basis period reforms. As a result, this year’s promotions round was brought forward by four months.
彼得·劳森, 伯恩斯·保罗的主席, said: “The promotions of Victoria, 穆雷, 保罗, and Mike are richly deserved and reflect the significant contribution all four have made to their clients, 团队和整个公司.
Victoria and 穆雷 are brilliant partner appointments for our fast growing and strategically important renewable energy and technology practices. 维多利亚作为一个公司M&A heavy weight is successfully advising investors, 开发人员, and landowners on landmark energy transition projects; 穆雷 brings excellent IT contracting expertise and is leading clients on large scale digital transformation journeys.
Real Estate remains a core area of our business and it is exciting to be able to reward the innovative contributions that 保罗 and Mike are making to its growth – 保罗 as a strong transactional lawyer and his success in real estate finance and student accommodation, and Mike through combining his property development expertise with a vision and passion for driving efficiencies for housebuilding clients.
These promotions are evidence of our commitment to invest in outstanding individuals to ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients.”
