Our People

Bill has practised in commercial environments since 1988. He is also our Chairman and is charged with directing the development of the company and representing the company externally. He has a broad based experience in commercial law including property development (residential and commercial), licensed and unlicensed commercial contracts, bank finance and renewable energy. Bill acts for both borrowers and lending institutions in refinancing transactions, land option deals for various renewable energy developments and corporate business sale and acquisitions.

Emma is a Partner in our Litigation team. Emma is an experienced litigator and qualified solicitor-advocate, with extended rights of audience in the Court of Session (the highest civil court based in Scotland). Emma is adept in representing clients in the Court of Session and the Sheriff Courts, and is experienced in alternative dispute resolution options, such as mediation and expert determination. Emma manages a broad and varied commercial litigation practice, which encompasses a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters. Her specialist areas include insolvency, corporate restructuring, commercial dispute resolution, debt recovery, regulatory law and property disputes. She takes a proactive and commercial approach to disputes and, where appropriate, actively seeks to resolve matters before they reach litigation.   Emma splits her time between Ennova’s Edinburgh Office and Dundee Office.

 

Karen is a Partner in Ennova and head of our residential property team.  Karen deals with all aspects of residential sales, purchases and re-mortgages as well as new build developments (from purchase of the development site, site assembly and deed of conditions through to the sale of individual units). She also has many years of experience carrying out bank security work for both commercial and individual clients.

John has practiced in Edinburgh and Tayside for over 20 years and has extensive experience in the corporate, commercial and real estate fields. In recent years John has taken on many renewable energy transactions acting for developers and land owners in the wind and hydro sectors. John also deals with many corporate transactions including company share sales and acquisitions, lease transactions and acting on behalf of property developers.

Keith is a Partner in our commercial team. Keith qualified from the University of Edinburgh with LLB (Hons), where he also obtained his Diploma in Legal Practice, and completed an MSc in Real Estate Management and Development at Heriot-Watt University in 2014. Keith has experience of all aspects of real estate transactions, including investment acquisitions and sales, commercial leasing and development work, and has also advised on insolvency disposals and undertaken security work. Prior to joining Ennova Keith worked for the Organising Committees of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Ross deals with all aspects of real estate transaction for clients and banks and with particular experience in property investment and development and renewable energy projects. Ross qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1989 and as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1997. Ross also acts for funders and has deal structuring experience for private joint venture arrangements. Ross is a former part time tutor at the University of Edinburgh tutoring in Commercial Leasing in the Professional Practice Post Graduate Unit.

David has over 25 years of experience of contracts, dispute resolution and family law work. He regularly represents clients’ interests in the Scottish Courts and can also provide advice on alternative forms of dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation. He advises clients on all manner of disputes, contracts, professional negligence, divorce and separation, in addition to a wide range of land and property matters. David also has considerable experience in Public Enquiries and Judicial Review.

Fraser is Partner of Property, Business and Licensing Law. Based in our Dundee office, he is experienced in all aspects of commercial property including acquisitions and disposals, investments and landlord and tenant work. Fraser also deals with property finance and acts for lenders in secured lending transactions.

 

Mark has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of Private Client Work including Wills, Powers of Attorney and Executries for our clients. He holds a Diploma from the Society of Law Accounts in Scotland through The Law Society of Scotland. Mark also has many years of experience in Trust administration and accounting together with managing clients finances on their behalf on the instructions of their Attorney.

Rosie is an Associate in our dispute resolution team. Rosie graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. She is also a part-time tutor in Family Law at the University of Edinburgh. Rosie has a varied caseload which includes advising clients on financial provision and child law matters on divorce, cohabitation claims, and the drafting of prenuptial, pre-civil partnership contracts and cohabitation agreements. She also undertakes more general dispute resolution work including guardianship applications, commercial disputes, debt recovery and regularly appears in the Sheriff Court on behalf of her clients.

Ralph is an Associate in our Real Estate team. Ralph graduated from the Edinburgh Napier University in 2011, undertaking his Legal Diploma at University of Edinburgh in 2012 and joined the Firm as a Trainee shortly thereafter. Ralph has a varied caseload which includes aspects of commercial property including acquisitions and disposals, leasing for both landlord and tenant work and property finance for both borrowers and lenders. Ralph is also a member of our Energy Renewables team in relation to all aspects of on-shore wind farm developments.

Lynn is a Senior Associate in Property & Licensing, Lynn deals with a wide range of property transactions, with a particular focus on both residential development and the hospitality industry. She also has a special interest in licensing, so can advise clients on all aspects of alcohol and civic government licensing. Amongst others, she has acted for families moving house, businesses buying and selling commercial premises, community groups acquiring land, and for housebuilders creating new housing development sites.  Lynn has also represented a variety of licensing clients, including international hoteliers, national supermarket operators, independent restauranteurs, and community sports groups.

Toby acts for a variety of commercial clients within our commercial team.  In particular, he carries out work on all aspects of residential and commercial purchases and sales, development land purchases, site assembly, preparation of Deeds of Conditions, and options and licence agreements. Toby achieved his Paralegal (LSSAP) qualification with merit in 2017.

Amy is a qualified Paralegal within the Commercial team and works on a variety of property transactions. She joined Ennova in 2016, working towards her paralegal qualification which she achieved from the Law Society in 2019. Amy also achieved her MA in English at University of Dundee in 2011, and her Masters MSc in Real Estate Development and Investment from Napier University in 2015. 

Christian specialises in tax and estate planning and advises generally on succession issues, inheritance tax mitigation, trust law, charity law, and asset protection. A member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Christian has previously been a member of the Investor Protection Committee of the Law Society of Scotland, and a nominated Foreign and Commonwealth Office Secondee to OSCE.

John Nimmo is an experienced corporate, funds and investment company and investment services lawyer. He has acted on listings in aggregate around £2bn on the LSE (including setting up new investment companies and over twenty full prospectuses), and has launched unlisted investment vehicles. John has also acted on both hostile and recommended public takeover offers (always on the winning side). He has previously advised funds managed by a wide number of the major investment houses and has advised corporate and individual clients on a wide range of acquisitions and investments as well as having helped a number of clients obtain FCA Authorisation. John has extensive experience of helping start up, spin out and growth companies, acting variously for management, the company and investors. He also has first hand experience of starting a business which is rare among lawyers.