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Davidson Chalmers Stewart Offices

12 HOPE STREET
EDINBURGH
EH2 4DB
United Kingdom
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Craig Stirling

Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Partner and Head of the firm’s Corporate department, dealing with a wide variety of corporate finance and general corporate matters. Particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures and corporate reconstructions. Clients come from a wide range of sectors, but with an emphasis on renewables, healthcare and technology.
Career
Trained Thorntons WS 1995-97; Corporate Assistant Bird Semple 1997-2000; Corporate Assistant/Associate McGrigors 2000-06; Partner Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP 2006 to date.
Education
Currie High School; Dundee University (1995).
Leisure
Road cycling.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Public sector > Health
Praised for its ‘impressive depth of knowledge’, Davidson Chalmers Stewart handles a broad range of advisory matters concerning sustainability loans for NHS medical partnership clients, in addition advising on employment, insurance and lease and ownership-related mandates. Andy Drane and Craig Stirling jointly lead the Edinburgh-based practice, advising on incorporations of medical partnerships, service-level and constitutional agreements, and property acquisitions. Laura Irvine spearheads the firm’s regulatory team and is another key contact in the group.
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
Davidson Chalmers Stewart has an extensive corporate offering, acting on a wide array of sectors for corporates, investors, and investee-companies on M&A, restructurings, and capital raises. Helming the practice is Craig Stirling, who demonstrates notable expertise in the healthcare and renewable energy sector where he advises on M&A and private equity transactions. Fiona Piper provides ‘exceptionally good advice and support’ to clients, particularly those in the early growth stage and seeking equity funding, while Arveen Arabshahi has recently engaged with a number of biotech and tech-related matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Health Scotland > Public sector
- Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow Scotland > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Public sector > Health
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Real estate > Planning