“Niall Mackle, exceeded expectations with his contract skills and negotiating prowess. Compared to other large legal firms we have used the service felt personal and was handled very professionally and fast.”
Legal 500 UK 2026
About
Niall is a senior associate in the Corporate Finance team, based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, who specialises in mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate structuring and commercial contracts.
He has advised clients in a broad range of sectors including technology, renewable energy, hospitality and food and drink.
Within the renewable energy sector, Niall has advised on transactions involving onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro and battery storage.
Niall’s work on equity investments has included advising start-up and scale-up companies throughout their whole life cycle, from incorporation and seed investment, through each of their fundraising rounds and on their eventual exits. Niall also regularly advises VC firms and PE funds on their investment activity into UK high growth companies.
He has undertaken secondments to BayWa r.e. UK, a UK wind energy developer, and William Grant & Sons, a global drinks company, and was ranked as a Leading Associate in Legal 500 2026.
Experience
- Embark Group: acted on its £390 million sale of the business to Lloyds Banking Group.
- London and Regional Hotels: acted on its UK hotel acquisitions including The Mole Resort, Holiday Inn Edinburgh West, Hampton by Hilton Birmingham JQ, the Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Snowhill and a portfolio of hotels owned by Chardon Hotels.
- High growth companies: acted on a number of their equity fundraisings including for Prosper, Communion Saves, Gemba, Nium, Bud Systems, Electric Car Scheme, Albert Health, Mhor Energy, Aistetic, Operati, Danu Robotics and Do’Mo Drinks.
- ESB: acted on its acquisition of a 33% interest in the Gwynt Glas Offshore Floating Windfarm project, with EDF Renewables and Reventus Power each owning 33% of the project.
- GLIL Infrastructure and Bluefield Solar: acted on their £220 million acquisition of a 247MW portfolio of 58 operational solar assets located across southern and central England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, from Lightsource bp.
- Circularity Capital: acted on its £10 million investment into ACS Clothing, the UK’s leading circular and sustainable fashion enabler.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: Scotland (2018)
- Notary Public (2018)
Areas of expertise
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Scottish Government to outline proposals to boost Scotland's Tech Ecosystem
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