Danny Lee
Burges Salmon LLPBurges Salmon LLP‘s corporate and commercial offering is ’very good at working across different legal disciplines and teams within the firm’, and is a consistent player in the energy, tech and food and drink sectors, with increased work in the life sciences space. The firm has established connections to a multitude of local authorities, as well as PE houses and multinational corporates. Danny Lee heads up the practice and is a go-to name for energy and infrastructure developers and investors on M&A, investments and disposals. Malcolm Donald is another practitioner of note for renewable energy and energy transition mandates, and underpins corporate expertise with key commercial and regulatory acumen. Joanna Monaghan‘s wide sector offering ensures she is sought out by a multitude of clients and is well positioned to act on both buy-side and sell-side M&A. Katie Carter also comes recommended for her varied practice. AJ Venter joined from Travers Smith LLP in May 2023.
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‘Very good at working across different legal disciplines and teams within the firm. They are a great bunch of people to work with, very collaborative and have supported us well.’
‘A number of individuals have excellent in depth knowledge on their subject matter, are very on top of the particular deal we are working on and drive it to completion. Special mention to Danny Lee.’
‘Calm, capable and responsive.’
‘Very experienced commercial lawyers in the team.’
‘Danny Lee who heads the practice in Edinburgh is a rare combination of a commercially focused individual and a good lawyer.’
Key clients
- Progressive Energy
- BSW Timber
- Pandox
- Circularity Capital
- CNG Fuels
- Brookfield
- Engie
- Inverleith
- Renesola Power
- Cumulus Oncology Ltd
- Atlas Hotels
- Calcivis
- Nodus Oncology Limited
- Cytomos Limited
- EQUANS
- Panoramic Growth Fund
- Global Energy Group
- Octopus Investments Ltd
- SIMEC Atlantis Energy Ltd
- Ooni Limited
- Foresight
- Infinis Energy
- William Grant & Sons
- Climate Transition Capital LLP
- Welsh Pension Partnership
Work highlights
- Acted for Cumulus Oncology on its £9m investment fundraise.
- Advised Drax Energy solutions on its acquisition of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure company, BMM Energy Solutions.
- Advised ENGIE on its £64.8m acquisition of Ixora Energy Ltd.
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Danny Lee