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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 23 July 2020
New protocol to promote transparency and sustainable development sets out expectations for charity engagement with local communities
news
In this month’s Third Force News magazine, Kenny Gray provides information to avoid last-minute costs or unexpected staff queries when returning to the workplace
news 6 July 2020
Alastair Keatinge discusses the restructuring options open to charities facing a collapse in income with the cancellation of major fundraising events and charity shop closures
news 26 June 2020
In today's Scotsman (26 June 2020) Douglas Roberts explains why he believes the answer is 'yes' as firms seek to ensure greater resilience
news 19 June 2020
Third sector leaders should have honest conversations with landlords about financial pressures caused by Covid-19 pandemic
news 15 June 2020
HMRC has now published guidance on the changes to the Job Retention Scheme or furlough leave scheme from 1 July
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