Beverley is a Senior Solicitor and trained Collaborative Practitioner within our Family Law team. She has been with the Family Law team at BTO since 2015, having completed a specialised traineeship in Family Law with us.

Beverley is experienced in dealing with all aspects of family law including financial provision on separation and divorce, claims on the cessation of cohabitation and cases relating to children. She has experience pursuing all types of family actions through both the Sheriff Court and the Court of Session, and also in resolving matters amicably away from court via negotiation and the collaborative process.

Beverley is also a well known specialist in Fertility Law in Scotland, and regularly advises both individual clients and organisations about matters such as surrogacy, assisted or donor conception, adoption and parenting for LGBTQ+ couples through our Modern Families practice unit. She is a real pioneer for all kinds of Modern Families and has helped numerous clients fulfil their dream of becoming parents.

During her training at BTO Beverley also spent 6 months working for our Corporate department, giving her a real head for figures and a unique understanding of the corporate implications of a separation where family-owned businesses are involved. She regularly works with the country’s top forensic accountants to appropriately deal with the treatment of corporate interests upon divorce.

Beverley is warm, comforting and personable with clients and takes pride in making the law easy to understand. She is committed to securing good outcomes whilst also looking after her clients’ wellbeing throughout what can often be a difficult process, and is a qualified Mental Health First Aider with the NHS.

In her spare time, Beverley enjoys all things sporty and is the current Captain of Greenock Wanderers Ladies Rugby Team. She also enjoys running with her dog Finn, dabbling in interior design and organising anything she can get her hands on. She is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Family Law Policy Committee, the Family Law Association, the Scottish Young Lawyers Association and Consensus Scotland.

BTO has its own dedicated Family Law website. To visit the site, click here: www.btofamilylaw.co.uk

Angela Allison is a paralegal within BTO’s commercial department. Angela joined us in 2010. She brings with her many years of experience in dealing with purchases and sales of all types of residential and commercial property; security work for banks and leases for landlords and tenants.

Neil Anderson is an experienced legal and commercial advisor to public and private sector organisations and individuals on a range of corporate and commercial matters, in the UK and internationally. Fundamental to his practice is working with clients to determine and mitigate risk in their commercial relationships.

He has extensive experience dealing with a range of commercial activities – including sale, supply, procurement, marketing, e-commerce, data protection (including GDPR compliance for non-EEA businesses), agency, distribution, franchising, outsourcing, IT projects, software contracts, intellectual property, partnerships, joint ventures, “supply alliance” agreements and affinity relationships. His advisory practice also extends to the Competition Law aspects of such activities.

He has significant experience in advising engineering and procurement businesses.  This includes oil and gas industry service businesses concerning contracts for oil and gas in the UK and internationally (e.g. North America, South America, Africa, Continental Europe, Asia, and Australia).

He has previously developed specialisms in relation to utility-related contracts, particularly in relation to energy but also water and telecoms.  He has also advised on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon capture, transport, and storage projects.

He has extensive experience assisting a diverse range of businesses on their day-to-day activities in the UK and abroad – from food processors and cosmetic companies through to software designers, online education providers, and fashion house start-ups. In addition to his consulting work for BTO, he is also Head of Student Services (Diploma in Professional Legal Practice) and Lecturer in the School of Law at Edinburgh University.

He was educated at the University of Aberdeen.

Neil Anderson is a solicitor admitted in Scotland and is a Notary Public.

Lesley is a Paralegal within BTO’s Residential Department.  She has many years of experience in dealing with all types of Residential Property,  Plots Sales and Security Work for Banks.

Alistair is a Senior Associate and Solicitor Advocate within BTO’s Insurance litigation team. Since qualifying in 2008, he has acted in personal injury actions, for 4 years as a Pursuer’s agent and for the last six years, he has specialised in the defence of personal injury actions, including employer’s liability, occupier’s liability, public liability and motor claims. He is experienced in dealing with claims arising from occupational stress.

In addition to his extensive experience in relation to all aspects of Personal Injury work, including the Defence of claims raised at the Court of Session and Sheriff Court, he is also experienced in dealing with claims involving contractual disputes. Alistair is also a Notary Public.

Emma joined BTO in 2012 as a trainee and has been with the firm’s Corporate Team since qualification. As a key member of the team, she is involved in advising a broad range of clients on all aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, investments and joint ventures.

She also has experience in relation to banking and finance transactions and restructuring, acting for institutional investors, funders, companies seeking investment and banks.

Bruce is a private client specialist who helps his clients find solutions to their succession, inheritance tax and capital gains tax issues.

Bruce has considerable experience acting for private clients, business owners and local authorities in relation to will drafting, administration of trusts and estates and business succession planning. He believes that the client and their objectives are at the very heart of things. Bruce offers clear and pragmatic advice to help our clients achieve those objectives.

Clients regularly consult Bruce in relation to funding of care for the elderly. Those seeking advice may be at the point of admission to care or they may wish to obtain advice on behalf of a family member. Bruce is also regularly consulted on these matters by other practitioners and has spoken widely on this area at legal and other conferences.

Bruce is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT). He is also a part-time tutor on the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Glasgow.