Our People

Peter Lawson
Chair
Corporate and M&A
Peter is a great corporate lawyer both in his technical skills and by being commercially astute.

Mark Ellis
Managing Partner
Corporate and M&A
Mark is Burness Paull's managing partner, with a particular focus on private equity and mergers and acquisitions.

Alan Cassels
Partner
Banking & Finance
Alan has developed specific and extensive expertise acting for borrowers and lenders in corporate and leveraged finance and in real estate finance.

Alan McMillan
Partner
Real Estate Litigation
Alan heads up the Real Estate Litigation team, he represents clients from the whole spectrum of the property and commercial sectors.

Alasdair Freeman
Partner
Energy
Alasdair has expertise in domestic and international mergers and acquisition transactions with a particular focus on oil and gas and IT sectors.

Alasdair Sutherland
Partner
Planning
Alasdair is head of our Planning & Environment's team, he regularly advises clients on issues such as contaminated land and nuisance.

Allana Sweeney
Partner
Restructuring & Insolvency
Allana specialises in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency and restructuring and recovery work including: debt restructurings.

Andrew Christie
Partner
Funds
Andrew heads up our Funds Finance practice, he regularly advises on subscription line, NAV and hybrid facilities and GP and management fee facilities.

Andrew Forsyth
Partner
Insurance Litigation
Andrew specialises in the defence of insured claims including personal injury, insurance coverage advice and disputes, maritime claims, transport law.

Andrew Little
Partner
Construction
Andrew provides holistic non-contentious and contentious support for construction, engineering and public infrastructure projects.

Ashley Jones
Partner
Professional Negligence
Ashley has a great track record of acting for both professional indemnity insurers and commercial clients in complex, professional negligence claims.

Barry McHugh
Partner
English Real Estate
Barry is dual-qualified with a wealth of experience and particular focus on the retail and office sectors and property asset management.

Bob Ruddiman
Partner
Energy
Bob is co-head of our Energy team. He is dual qualified and has represented energy majors, independents, utilities, individual on energy matters.

Callum Sinclair
Partner
Technology
Callum is head of our Technology and Commercial team, with a specialisation in a broad range of technology and sourcing projects for clients.

Caroline Stevenson
Partner
Financial Services Regulatory
Caroline is head of our Financial Services Regulatory team, with dual qualification and relevant experience in retail banking.

Catriona Macallan
Partner
Energy
Catriona is a partner in our Energy team specialising in corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and complex private equity arrangements.

Chris Gotts
Partner
Energy
Chris has particular expertise as a lawyer in the energy, renewables and technology sectors with a focus on capital markets, joint ventures.

Christine Yuill
Partner
Tax & Share Incentives
Christine is a chartered tax adviser, advising the firm’s UK and international clients on the full spectrum of tax issues.
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