Family Businesses

Whether you’re expanding, planning for succession, or managing change, our legal team provides tailored support that reflects the unique dynamics of your business and your family.

Where we focus

Family businesses are vital to Scotland’s economy, driving job creation, economic growth, and embodying values like tradition, resilience, and a deep-rooted commitment to their communities. As a family business, you may encounter unique opportunities and challenges, and we’re here to help you navigate them with confidence.

Our services

Our dedicated team has extensive experience working with family businesses to achieve both business and personal goals. From mergers and acquisitions to investment opportunities, succession planning, family law considerations, and dispute resolution, we provide guidance that respects the unique dynamics of family-owned enterprises.

Our goal is to support you in preserving your legacy while meeting today’s needs and planning for tomorrow’s success. Reach out to learn how we can help you protect and grow your family business.

Key work

With our commitment to long-term client relationships and genuinely getting to know and understand our clients and their businesses, we are proud to have advised many of Scotland’s Family Businesses as they have prospered, developed, and grown for generations.

Some examples include:-

Advising family property investment company on contentious shareholder dispute

Advising retail business on succession planning

Advising family healthcare business on succession planning and setting up of Family Trust

Advising the Estate of a deceased majority shareholder on a complex shareholder dispute and the ultimate acquisition of minority interests in an engineering business.