David Anderson

David Anderson is first class and always puts the client’s interests at the heart of the advice. He is energetic and a real pleasure to work with LEGAL 500, 2020

Partner, Head of Corporate (Scotland), Co-Head of Digital Assets, Payments and FinTech
Edinburgh, UK

Expertise

David leads our corporate team in Scotland. He is a corporate and commercial lawyer based in our Edinburgh office, his personal practice focusses on Technology sector. David advises on transactional corporate matters and joint ventures as well as technology outsourcing arrangements, software licensing and technology innovation and exploitation. David is recognised as a leading partner in the Legal 500 under the Corporate and Commercial IT & Telecoms categories and noted as particularly active in the technology and fintech sectors in relation to corporate transactions. David co-leads the firm's Fintech subsector.

Experience

Recent experience includes:

advising global Fintech, FNZ on its outsourcing services contracts for the provisions of wealth platform services to various blue-chip financial services clients in the UK and internationally
advising a leading national building society on its strategic venture capital investments into a number of Fintech businesses
advising Par Equity on its investments into, and divestments from, technology businesses including Current Health, Symphonic Software, NPT, Neuranics, Gigged.AI and Cyacomb
advising E-Serve on its investment by Vespa Capital
advising xDesign/Create Future on its growth capital investment by Soho Square capital
advising GL Events on its acquisition of Field & Lawn.

Testimonials

Dave provides the flexible advice and support that FNZ needs in the timescales we require. He is easy to deal with and understands our business, its technology and how to protect it

MARTIN BRUCE, HEAD OF LEGAL, FNZ

Professional memberships

Law Society of Scotland

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