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Kirsty Macpherson

Kirsty Macpherson

Brodies LLP, Scotland

Work Department

Renewable energy.

Position

Kirsty has a wide range of expertise in energy projects (both large and small), commercial property and strategic land.

Her experience spans a number of key areas in Scottish Property law with over 20 years of experience in onshore and offshore wind, hydro, solar, biomass and anaerobic digestion plants acting for either developers or landowners on numerous complex projects with a particular specialism in crofting and renewables. She has talked at numerous seminars on the topic of Crofting and Renewables and has built a niche expertise in this area. Kirsty has expertise in the secondary market buying and selling renewable assets and manages a team delivering on rural purchases and sales, ongoing management work and strategic land. In addition Kirsty acts for a number of landed estates and rural businesses working closely with them involving succession planning, renewables, developments and ongoing management work. Kirsty and her team strive to deliver a service which cuts through legal jargon with practical, commercially–focused advice.

Career

Trained Tods Murray 1998-2002; Gillespie Macandrew 2002-15 (partner 2007-15); joined Brodies 2015.

Education

Millburn Academy, Inverness; University of New Hampshire (BA 1988); Aberdeen University, (LLB 1997).

Leisure

Sailing; fishing; hill-walking.

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