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David Dunsire
Consultant
Corporate
Phone
0131 656 5654
Address
Caledonian Exchange 19A Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8HE
About David
David is a Consultant in our Corporate and Commercial team and has been advising businesses and third sector organisations for the last 35 years. He has expertise in advising clients on areas such as company law, corporate finance and charity law. David has particular experience in acquisitions and disposals, MBOs, start-ups, joint ventures, hospitality and leisure, partnerships, reorganisations, commercial contracts and other corporate and commercial matters.
He also has a long standing experience advising charities on structuring, governance, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as the issues arising with joint and collaborative working, and contractual advice.
The Legal 500 notes that David Dunsire is ‘first class’
Expertise
Highlights
- Recent work includes: advising on group reorganisations, including the corporate reorganisation of a care home group;
- M&A work, including sale of a company in the automotive sector and the purchase of a long established hotel company;
- advising on the establishment of a number of family investment companies;
- providing legal advice to partnerships, including drafting partnership agreements;
- advising on and developing standard terms and conditions for a number of clients;
- providing legal advice to charities and other third sector organisations, particularly on regulatory, governance, constitutional and contractual matters;
- Trustee of St Columba's Hospice and Bighearted Scotland
- Secretary to The Clark Foundation for Legal Education
News & Insights
From the team
news 6 November 2019
Our trustee training sessions and governance advice have helped Social Bite with its work to alleviate homelessness
news 4 November 2019
Being a charity trustee is a great way to feel good as well as do good. But to perform their roles effectively, trustees need the right help and support
news 21 October 2019
John Bett discusses the importance of having an agreement in place when disputes arise amongst shareholders - this article featured in The Scotsman on Monday 21 October
news 18 October 2019
Congratulations to Inner Circle Games, the team which scooped winning prizes for their game Spellcasters
news
Lindsays provided advice which helped commercialise and secure investment for Fife firm’s invention revolutionising offshore wind farm access
news 2 October 2019
Lindsays provided legal advice for Scotland’s oldest commercial gallery to be transferred into the ownership of its staff
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