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Anderson Strathern has joined angel syndicate Equity Gap and made its first investment in Glasgow-headquartered energy sector instrumentation specialist Synaptec. Anderson Strathern’s new investment vehicle, AS Capital, plans to make further investments alongside Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-head

The UK’s first dedicated gluten-free microbrewery has achieved its fund raising target of £430,000 cash via equity to support its rapid expansion. The investment was led by the angel syndicate Equity Gap and was supported by Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and

Amanda Jones Amanda Jones, partner in Dentons' UK employment team, has been appointed chair of the Women and Girls in Sport Advisory Board.

Edinburgh tech business Neatebox has raised more than £180,000 from investors as it continues to capitalise on the market for its Welcome app, which gives businesses and venues advance notice of customers' disability requirements.

Anderson Strathern has hired European dealmaker Max Scharbert as a director in its corporate practice. Mr Scharbert is a former partner at Rooney Nimmo and is the longstanding chairman of the German British Chamber of Industry & Commerce in Scotland, and is qualified in German, English and Scots

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a strong year for deals activity, with a 41 per cent rise in the number of completed deals and a 12 per cent increase in the overall value of transactions. The team, whose clients include banks, funds, financial ins

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported another strong year for deals, with the value of transactions rising by 10 per cent (£13.4 billion) in the 2019 financial year to 30 April. The team completed 167 deals with a combined value of £145.4bn, up from 162 de

Iain Young points to the German Mittelstand as a model Scottish business would do well to emulate. The latest economic predictions for the growth of Scotland’s economy sit at around one per cent. This is lower than the rest of the UK and some other European nations, and there are many factors

Anderson Strathern's corporate investment team has reported a record first quarter in 2023, with a 58.8 per cent increase in client investments compared to the same period in 2022. The number of deals completed more than tripled, partly due to increased instructions from existing and new clients.

TLT has appointed Douglas Gourlay as a partner in its Glasgow office, building on the firm's national strength in banking and finance. Mr Gourlay joins TLT from national firm Weightmans, where he established the Scottish banking team and led the firm’s UK real estate finance practice. His trac

Anderson Strathern has reported its most successful year ever for investment deals. The corporate investment team, led by Euan Tripp, advises some of Scotland’s most active investors – spanning private equity funds, institutional investors, angel syndicates, family offices and high net w

Peter Alderdice and Daniel Boynton from Shepherd and Wedderburn detail how ethical finance can kickstart the green recovery of Scotland's economy after COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has made one thing abundantly clear: when disaster strikes, major societal change is possible overnight.

Scottish ministers have been warned by lawyers to be careful over moves to make it incumbent on social care and medical staff to disclose medical blunders to patients. The Scottish government is proposing a statutory “duty of candour” but the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has war

Plans for a new women’s prison have been challenged by a prison reform charity. A tendering process has begun for the facility, which the Scottish government wants to build in Greenock, Inverclyde.

Scottish police are being caught running red lights or speeding nearly nine times per month reports the Daily Record. 1,343 notices of intended prosecution were given to staff at Police Scotland since it was formed in April 2013.