Gavin Buchan > Lindsays > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Lindsays Offices
CALEDONIAN EXCHANGE
19A CANNING STREET
EDINBURGH
EH3 8HE
United Kingdom
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Gavin Buchan
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Commercial Property
Position
Gavin is a Banking Partner within the Commercial department based in Edinburgh.
He is a banking expert with experience of advising both borrowers and lenders in relation to general corporate and commercial banking transactions, bridging finance, renewables finance, rural/agri finance, acquisition finance, social housing finance, healthcare finance, private banking and corporate restructurings. He regularly provides Scots law advice in relation to cross border transactions.
Gavin has a particular specialism in all aspects of real estate finance work with considerable knowledge of dealing with both investment and development finance transactions.
Career
2000-2002 – Davidson Chalmers LLP – Trainee solicitor; 2002-2004 – Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP – Assistant, Real Estate; 2004-2016 – Maclay Murray & Spens LLP – Associate, Banking & Finance; 2016-to date – Lindsays – Partner
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland
Education
1994-1998 – University of Dundee – LLB (Hons)
1998-1999 – University of Glasgow – Diploma in Legal Practice
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Finance > Banking and finance
With a varied client list of major lenders and borrowers, Lindsays banking group specialises in property and corporate finance, but also has extensive experience of private banking, bridging, development and rural finance. Property finance specialist Gavin Buchan leads the team, having previously acted on a variety of large scale portfolio refinance transactions, many involving cross-border elements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer
- Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Employment > Employment