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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
insights 28 June 2019
Whether you’re looking at succession planning or for a way to boost business performance, employee ownership could be a good option for your business
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Alastair Keatinge reflects that charities should consider reporting notifiable events in line with their adoption of the Scottish Governance Code
news 27 May 2019
Ben Doherty, Head of our Employment team, encourages employers to take responsibility for the mental health of their employees and highlights the pote...
news 17 May 2019
We are delighted to continue our support for DARE Academy, Abertay University’s games design competition, and to offer students business and legal advice
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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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