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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
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Alastair Keatinge, Partner and Head of our Charity Law team discusses the changes to Scottish charity law and highlights the newly launched Governance Code
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Non-executive directors are increasingly finding themselves on the receiving end of insolvency litigation. Brent Haywood explains why it's essential t...
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Our Commercial Property team helped secure new property for St Columba’s Hospice to set up its first shop and community hub in East Lothian
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We are delighted to support Trustees Week and congratulate trustees on their work to help the thousands of charities across the country
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As Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2018 kicks off, organisations and trustees need to be aware of the risks of the many types of fraud charities, big and small, face
news 4 September 2018
Our corporate team provided the legal advice for the Falkirk-based book production company as it transitioned to employee ownership
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