Burness Paull wins Dealmakers award

Burness Paull has been named Legal Adviser of the Year at the 2018 Scottish Business Insider Deals & Dealmakers Awards.

The awards are based on deals completed in the fiscal year 2017-18, when the firm advised in a record breaking 296 publishable transactions with a total value of £42.8bn.

Recent deals have included Weir Group’s £89m acquisition of KOP Surface Products; AIM-listed Savannah Petroleum’s US$125m secondary placing and reverse takeover involving the principal business and assets of Nigeria based Seven Energy International; the sale of Maven Capital backed Crawford Scientific; Sterling Resource’s US$163m sale of its UK operating subsidiary to Orange-Nassau Energie; 1825 Financial Planning (Standard Life Aberdeen’s financial planning business) on its ongoing acquisition strategy; Canada-based Kbro Inc on its acquisition of Fishers laundry services group; and Endless LLP’s acquisition of Arran Aromatics.

Mark Ellis, head of Corporate Finance at Burness Paull, commented: “Our experienced and talented team have been involved in a huge range of exciting transactions throughout the year, from IPOs to M&A activity.

“The team has consistently delivered great value for clients in fields such as finance, capital markets, oil & gas, technology, private equity and owner-managed businesses.

“It’s been an outstanding year and we are very grateful to our clients for trusting us with their deals.”