Macdonald Henderson is pleased to continue our association with The Business magazine, published by The Times.

Please see our full page advert for this (Spring) quarter’s edition highlighting our firm’s ranking at number 1 for number of deals completed in Scotland, in the Experian (UK &I) M&A Review in 2024.

We are pleased to observe sustained levels of deal making into the first quarter of 2025, across a wide range of key sectors. We are grateful to our clients, contacts and friends in business for your support.

Please see below, our firm’s activities in March 2025:

Advising well established Scottish manufacturing business on a seven-figure investment by a leading UK debt and equity investor;

Advising on the MBO of a leading Scottish technology company specialising in intelligent data acquisition boards and systems;

Advising Scotland’s Housing Network, the membership organisation for local authority and housing association landlords on the completion of the acquisition of CD Consultancy, the regulation consultant;

Advising on the disposal (to management) of Scottish logistic business HP Transport (Scotland);

Acting for a company in the care sector in relation to the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a care agency business specialising in home care, based in East Kilbride;

Acting for the shareholders in the sale of the entire issued share capital of a well-established cutting tool manufacturer business to a specialist tooling solutions supplier;

Acting for the former shareholders of an IFA firm in relation to loan repayments due under a security package;

Advising a Scottish medical practice on a new partnership agreement for incoming partners and retirement arrangements for outgoing partners;

Advising an accountancy firm, on the suspension of an employee and proposed disciplinary action;

Advising a company providing residential care in Scotland on a data subject access request in respect of a care user;

Assisting a training company in relation to updating service terms and conditions for new clients;

Acting for a director and employee of a company in relation to their exit from the business by way of a settlement agreement;

Assisting the management team of a recently acquired business in relation to various post-completion actions and obligations;

Advising UK leader (and family business) in the materials handling equipment industry, on the establishment of an EMI option scheme to retain, incentive and motivate key members of the management team;

Advising leading independent Scottish wealth management business on a restructure of share capital in advance of establishment of EMI option scheme for key executives;

Advising well-established Scottish IFA practice on aspects of deferred consideration due to former employees;

Advising Scottish family on director, shareholder and corporate governance aspects of their shareholding in a jointly owned Scottish water monitoring company;

Advising leading UK jeweller business on intra-family transfer of shares and associated amendments to the holding company’s constitution;

Advising leading Scottish drainage specialist on corporate and strategic matters in advance of potential buyout of majority shareholder;

Acting for pension fund in negotiation of lease variation documentation in relation to industrial premises in Scottish central belt;

Acting for well-established UK multi-site leisure (experiential) operator in lease of substantial shopping centre premises;

Advising high profile engineering business in leasing of extensive yard premises;

Acting for an English based property investor in the sale of a commercial premises in South West Scotland.