David Morton

I am passionate about delivering deals for clients in an effective and efficient manner, with minimal fuss, and while always keeping the commercial objectives in mind.

David is a transactional finance lawyer with over 25 years of experience gained at some of the leading national and international law firms.

Based in Scotland, David advises lenders and borrowers on the full range of transactional banking, including real estate finance, leveraged finance, growth finance and asset based lending, both across the UK and further afield.

David is recognised as a leading expert in finance matters by Chambers and The Legal 500 law directories. He is known for delivering high quality results for clients, marrying technical ability with commercial awareness. 

Relevant experience:

  • acting for a leading hotel chain in £40m development funding of a hotel in Glasgow
  • advising private equity groups on the multi-million pound acquisition of a leading brand of garden centres
  • representing a funding syndicate on the multi-million management buyout of field sales solutions provider McCurrach
  • representing the borrower on multi-million acquisition and development finance in respect of a mixed use commercial site in Bristol
  • representing leading Scottish bank in providing growth finance to a national house builder
  • representing leading Scottish bank on a growth finance facility for various technology companies based in the UK and overseas.