Gavin Buchan joins Lindsays as a Partner in the Commercial Property team based in Edinburgh.

Gavin is a commercial property and banking expert who has experience of advising both borrowers and lenders in relation to general corporate banking transactions, acquisition finance, social housing finance, healthcare finance and corporate restructurings.

Gavin has a particular specialism in all aspects of real estate finance work with considerable experience of dealing with both investment and development finance transactions.

Alasdair Cummings, Managing Partner at Lindsays, said: “We are delighted to welcome Gavin to Lindsays as a Partner. This appointment reflects our ambition to enhance and strengthen the commercial arm of the firm enabling us to provide multiple services to aspiring and established SMEs.”

Gavin said: “I am pleased to be joining Lindsays and to have the opportunity to work with a firm with such a strong focus on the SME market in Scotland. It is exciting to see the growth Lindsays continues to achieve and I look forward to developing both the commercial property and banking aspects of the business with my new colleagues.”

Derek Nash, Head of Commercial Property at Lindsays, added: “Gavin will be a valuable addition to our growing team and his expertise in banking and finance transactions will enable us to broaden our services to clients in this area.”