Colin Ligman > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Burges Salmon LLP Offices
ONE GLASS WHARF
BRISTOL
BS2 0ZX
England
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Colin Ligman
Work Department
Real Estate.
Position
Specialist in real estate aspects of investment, development and rail infrastructure funding projects.
Acts for Transports for Wales and Abellio group companies on property related matters involving rail infrastructure projects.
Acts for senior debt lenders on development finance and investment finance for commercial real estate. Also acts for lenders, fixed charge receivers and administrators on distressed situations as head of the Burges Salmon Real Estate Insolvency Team.
Many years’ experience both in structuring and securing loan facilities, and also acting on fixed charge receiverships and administrations involving the sale of significant commercial property assets, such as investment properties, partially completed development sites and nursing homes.
Career
Trained Slee Anderson & Pidgeon, Western Australia; qualified as barrister and solicitor 1995 Western Australia; joined Burges Salmon 1999 and requalified as solicitor in England and Wales 2000; partner 2006; Head of Real Estate Department 2014 – 2019.
Memberships
Active member of NARA (the Association of Fixed Charge Receivers).
Education
Attended Busselton Senior High School, Western Australia; Murdoch University, Perth (1994 LLB). Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test to requalify in England and Wales (January 2000)
Leisure
DIY and structural gardening, motorsports.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Leading partners)With a diverse roster of clients spanning large clearing banks, alternative lenders, regulators, and corporates, Burges Salmon LLP
‘s corporate restructuring and insolvency team is well equipped to advise on national and international administrations, enforcements, and the related transactions. Andrew Eaton heads up the team and has substantial experience in cross-border distressed situations. Colin Ligman is particularly experienced in distressed real estate work, with James Sutherland specialising in real estate and insolvency disputes. Clive Pugh is well versed in pension-related issues, drawing on former experience at the pensions regulator, while Emily Scaife and Nick Middleton are other integral team members.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insolvency and corporate recovery South West > Finance
- Leading partners South West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport