Scott Wyper

Scott leads the Corporate and Commercial practice at BTO and is the head of the firm’s Corporate team.

He has extensive experience in advising a broad spectrum of clients, across many sectors, on all aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts, investment and corporate governance.

Scott is also heavily involved in BTO’s Banking & Finance team (with experience acting on both the funder / investor and borrower / company side) and its Renewable Energy team (heading this up with Nicolas McBride).

Legal directory rankings

• Band 3: Corporate/M&A (Scotland) – Chambers UK 2026

Experience

• Acting for a joint venture partner in the demerger of the joint venture company which is involved in the solar energy market.
• Acting for Scottish Hydro Investment Limited in the acquisition of Hydro Energy Trading Limited and Green Energy Trading Limited from Guinness Asset Management.
• Acting for a company in the established on an Employee Ownership Trust and the sale of the majority of the shares in the company to the Trust.
• Acting for the shareholders of Scott Group Investments Limited in the sale of the group to BSW Timber Limited, part of the Binderholz Group.
• Acting for the shareholders of Re-Tek (UK) Limited in the sale of the company to Waterland.