Danny Lee

The firm’s real estate team completed a large number of built environment deals. Notable mentions include working with international client Pandox, one of Europe’s largest hotel property owners, on its £49 million acquisition of the DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre and acting on the £45m purchase of offices at Prime 4, the award-winning business park and global energy services hub in Aberdeen.  

Burges Salmon also reinforced its position as a corporate and M&A adviser in Scotland. The team facilitated deals on behalf of UK and global clients including Finnish company UPM Raflatac on its £146m acquisition of UK-based Metamark; Clean Energy Cap Ltd, one of the UK’s leading private-wire renewable energy companies on its landmark investment from True Green Capital Management; and Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems on its acquisition of Phoenix Optical.

Danny Lee, partner and head of Burges Salmon’s Edinburgh office, said: “Since our launch in 2019, we’ve rapidly expanded our team and our capabilities to deliver, for our UK and international clients, a diverse array of complex and high-profile transactions and support projects that contribute enormously to the economic development of the region and beyond.”