About

Provided by Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP’s experienced Corporate team know you need practical legal and commercial advice, without the risk of incurring unexpected costs.

We help businesses, and their owners, with:

  • starting up companies and joint ventures
  • attracting and making investment
  • mergers, acquisitions and disposals (including MBOs)
  • banking
  • regulating relationships between shareholders (including fall outs)
  • insolvency and corporate recovery
  • commercial contracts
  • competition law and fair trading
  • international transactions

We focus on developing a good relationship with all our clients. As part of that attitude, we aim to operate a "no surprises" and flexible approach to fees.

We can be your wordsmiths for commercial contracts like agency, distribution and supply contracts, or standard terms of business. Avoiding double meanings and ambiguities when drafting a contract means avoiding litigation at the end of it. Standard documents are useful, but you will need bespoke documents for new relationships and circumstances.

If you’re starting up in business or growing a business, we know that a building without foundations does not last. We can help with practical structures tailored for you.

Our insolvency skills help to avoid terminal decline. Our aim is to focus on business viability for the future.

We take pride in providing our clients with pragmatic and clear advice with a view to enabling them to achieve their goals.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Scotland
5
Band 5
What the Team is Known For

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie advises clients from a diverse range of market sectors, with a focus on family business clients. The firm has additional activity in the technology sector, acting on a range of investment matters, with recent work on issues involving startups and spin-out companies. The team also provides advice to healthcare entities in respect of partnership and structuring matters.

Work Highlights

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  • Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie advised Equity Gap across 36 funding rounds completed across their portfolio over the course of 2023.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ken Long
4
Ken Long
4
Band 4

Ken Long's corporate practice operates primarily in the technology sector. He works with both startups and larger businesses on a wide range of transaction types.

Ranked Lawyers at
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP

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Corporate/M&A

Ken Long
4
Ken Long
4
Band 4

Members

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Alex Mudie

Alison Marshall

Colin Millar

Head of Department

Emma Arcari

Fergus Hollins

Graham Bell

John Clarke

Kirstin MacDonald

Stephen Cotton

Stephen Grant

Industries

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Banks

Charities / Not for profit

Commercial & Professional services

Energy

Food & Drink producers

Health care

Industrial Engineering

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Private Clients

Real estate

Software & computer services

Sports

Technology, Hardware and Electronics

Utilities