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Gavin Buchan
Partner
Banking and Finance
Phone
0131 656 5764
Address
Caledonian Exchange 19A Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8HE
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About Gavin
Gavin heads up the Banking team at Lindsays and is based in Edinburgh.
He advises both lenders and borrowers in relation to a wide range of transactions involving mainstream lenders, financial institutions, challenger banks, peer-to-peer lenders and alternative sources of finance.
Having initially qualified as a commercial property lawyer, he has a particular specialism in all aspects of property finance work with considerable knowledge of both investment and development finance transactions. He regularly provides Scots law advice in relation to a variety of cross border, multi-jurisdictional deals.
Expertise
Highlights
- Acted for OakNorth Bank plc in relation to a £42M cross border refinance of a portfolio of 161 public houses.
- Acting for Maslow Capital in relation to a £18.9M development finance facility for a student accommodation development in Glasgow.
- Represented a financial institution lending £36M under a syndicated facility to fund the purchase of a portfolio of storage and distribution units, the bulk of which were located in Scotland.
- Acted for a UK challenger bank providing a £5M syndicated bridging facility to finance the purchase of sites in Glasgow.
- Advising a borrower in relation to a £8.2M development finance facility to fund the development of its land for residential and care home purposes.
- Advising a property finance lender in relation to a £23M facility to refinance a portfolio of commercial properties across the UK.
News & Insights
From the team
news 27 December 2019
If you plan to sell and split off parcels of land, particularly where the retained land may be developed in the future, make sure you have access and services in place
news 6 December 2019
Kenny Gray, Partner in our Commercial Property team has outlined a series of measures which can give small businesses a fighting chance of success
news 27 November 2019
Business Insider published this article exploring the increasing access to new sources of funding for commercial property investment and development by Gavin Buchan
news 22 November 2019
We are delighted that our peers have chosen us among the top performers in the legal sector
news 4 November 2019
We are delighted to announce the promotion of three lawyers in our Commercial Property, Personal Injury and Rural teams
news 20 August 2019
Fiona Linklater, Director in our Commercial Property team assisted corporate advisers HNH Group with its office lease in Edinburgh
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