Achi news desk-
Burnes Paull has just completed a shortened financial year of eight months after changing its year end from 31 July to 31 March to align with HMRC basis period reforms. As a result, this year’s round of promotions was brought forward by four months.
The newly appointed partners are Victoria Tweed, Murray Cree, Paul Coyle and Mike Guthrie.
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Ms Tweed is a senior member of Burness Paull’s energy department. An expert in corporate renewable energy, she is lead advisor to a number of renewable energy clients and has significant experience in complex and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, group reorganisations, and corporate governance.
Mr. Cree specializes in cloud contracting and software as a service (SaaS), digital platforms, and large-scale IT and business process outsourcing. He has particular expertise in the financial technology and energy technology sectors.
Mr Coyle trained at Burness Paull and now advises clients across a range of sectors and matters including real estate finance and large scale commercial property transactions, with particular expertise in the expanding purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) market.
Mr Guthrie also works on the real estate team as a specialist in residential development, acting for some of the country’s most prolific housebuilders. As head of the company’s home sales team he is responsible for selling thousands of new homes each year, and is the architect of bespoke technology-driven processes to help clients efficiently deliver large-scale housing projects.
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Burnes Paull chairman Peter Lawson said the partner promotions were “well deserved”, reflecting the significant contribution the four have made to their clients and the firm.
“Victoria and Murray are excellent partner appointments for our rapidly growing and strategically important renewable energy and technology practices,” he said. “Victoria as a corporate M&A heavyweight successfully advises investors, developers and landowners on landmark energy transformation projects; Murray brings excellent IT contracting expertise and leads clients on large-scale digital transformation journeys.
“Real estate remains a core area of our business and it is exciting to be able to reward the pioneering contributions Paul and Mike are making to its growth – Paul as a strong transactional lawyer and his success in finance real estate and student accommodation, and Mike by combining his property development expertise with a vision and passion for driving efficiency savings for house building clients.”
