Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon has been recognised with a platinum ‘We invest in people’ accreditation by Investors in People for the policies and practices in place at the firm to support its people and enable them to flourish. Areas highlighted in the accreditation assessment include: the firm’s

Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth of its Edinburgh office with new appointments across its banking and finance and projects teams. The firm recently celebrated the second anniversary of the launch of its base in Edinburgh, reporting a number of significant milestones achieved by the

Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth and success of its Scottish practice, which launched in Edinburgh in May 2019. The appointment of Nigel Watson as head of employee incentives in January this year brought the number of Burges Salmon partners in the capital to six.

Burges Salmon's application to join the values-led partnership between government and business in Scotland has been formally accepted. Burges Salmon has become a signatory to the Scottish Business Pledge, marking a commitment to helping to support fairness, equality, opportunity and innovation in Sc

A team from Burges Salmon has advised BayWa r.e. UK, a global renewable energy developer, on its acquisition of High Constellation Wind Farm from Blue Energy. The proposed wind farm is located on the Kintyre peninsula and, once installed, its 10 turbines will have a capacity of 50MW. Blue Energy, a

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of Nigel Watson as a corporate partner to lead its employee incentives team in Edinburgh. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Mr Watson was a partner at Brodies, where he established and led its employee benefits practice.

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of dispute resolution practitioner Ewan McIntyre, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Prior to joining Burges Salmon, Mr McIntyre has held a range of senior management roles including being a partner at Burness Paull for eight year

Lawyers in the Edinburgh office of Burges Salmon have advised on a major partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea. The firm's corporate team advised Ocean Winds (OW), the offshore wind joint venture formed between EDPR and ENGIE, on its strategic partnership with Li

The banking team at Burges Salmon has acted as UK counsel for mobility startup Zoomo on a venture debt financing facility. Zoomo, which is a Sydney-based mobility startup, recently raised AUS$16 million to accelerate its global expansion into new categories and markets.

Burges Salmon has advised Europe's first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, in connection with its inaugural investment fundraise of £1.7 million. St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory led the investment round, supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investme

Burges Salmon has advised global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. UK on the acquisition of Brockwell Energy’s Dalquhandy Wind Farm in Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. Dalquhandy is one of Brockwell Energy's key projects, owing to its good wind resource as well as its proximity to Coalburn and

Burges Salmon has launched its latest diversity and inclusion (D&I) network ‘BBalanced’ to support its recently established gender taskforce in identifying priorities and objectives for the firm to improve gender balance in line with its D&I firm-wide strategy. An employee-driven

As part of Burges Salmon’s annual partner promotions, this year sees six appointments across the firm, including Edinburgh-based Katie Russell in its employment team.

Burges Salmon has been shortlisted in the category ‘Pensions Lawyers of the Year’ at the 2020 UK Pensions Awards. Burges Salmon partner Richard Knight, who heads up the firm’s pensions practice, said: “We’re a forward-thinking team, operating nationwide as well as inter

In collaboration with 19 firms from its international Preferred Firm Network, Burges Salmon has published an interactive report on the regulatory treatment of cryptoassets in jurisdictions throughout the UK and EU. The report, Cryptoassets: A UK and European perspective on the regulation of cryptoas