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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
Succession planning for farmers can be complex, it’s about more than just retirement and needs thorough consideration
news 3 September 2019
Alastair Keatinge explains why charities' membership models (or lack of them) may be damaging their sustainability
news
Year two of GDPR will see the start of more stringent enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the end of the informal education phase
news
David Dunsire explains that the Scottish Government’s latest update on the charity law consultation is welcome, but there is more to be done
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
news
Alastair Keatinge reflects that charities should consider reporting notifiable events in line with their adoption of the Scottish Governance Code
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