Overview

Our Scottish real estate team offers high-quality, commercial advice and support to a wide range of clients across a variety of sectors.

Operating out of our Edinburgh and Bristol offices, our Scottish real estate lawyers provide expert advice to investors in prime commercial real estate assets north of the border.

We have longstanding relationships with a number of debt funders in the UK and overseas, enabling us to support our clients with debt financing matters north of the border either as stand-alone assets or as part of a cross-border portfolio.

Our team also assists a wide range of developers, investors and funders in relation to energy and infrastructure projects across a wide range of technologies.

Our Scottish real estate lawyers are dual-qualified allowing clients to take advice on their UK-wide portfolios from a single point of contact.

Areas of focus

  • Inward investment.
  • Debt financing.
  • Occupiers.
  • Energy and infrastructure projects.
Experience

Advising Temporis Capital on the debt funding of Blue Energy’s 52.9MW wind farm at Blackcraig.

Advising MeyGen on its 398MW tidal project in the Pentland Firth.

Advising ERG Renew on the acquisition of Scottish wind farm assets from Burcote Wind.

Advising Albion Community Power on the development of its Scottish wind portfolio.

Advising the sellers of the AUB UK Student Accommodation Fund on the sale of the fund to the Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF).

Advising RBS and HSBC on the financing of a major UK-wide student accommodation portfolio.

Advising the Horserace Betting Levy Board on the financing of capital projects at various racecourses around the UK.

Advising Estover Energy on the development and financing of its CHP plant on Speyside.

Advising Helius Energy on the development, financing and sale of their CHP plant in Rothes.

Advising Bouwfonds on the acquisition of student accommodation assets in Scotland.

Advising a private investor on the acquisition of the Achnacroish Estate.

Advising Ingenious Investments on its anaerobic digestion portfolio in Scotland.

Advising HSBC and Natwest on their funding of a significant portfolio of student accommodation.

Advising occupiers such as Waitrose, Weatherbys Bank, Arla Foods and Koch Industries on Scottish property matters.

Meet the team
Euan Bremner

Euan Bremner Partner

  • Energy and Utilities
  • Head of Scottish Real Estate
  • Head of Northern Irish Real Estate
Robert Forman

Robert Forman Partner

  • Head of Scottish Real Estate 
  • Real Estate Advisory
  • Real Estate Investment
Ross Simpson

Ross Simpson Partner

  • Real Estate
  • Estates and Land
  • Food and Farming

Key contact

Robert Forman

Robert Forman Partner

  • Head of Scottish Real Estate 
  • Real Estate Advisory
  • Real Estate Investment

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