Head of Commercial
Derek is dual qualified as a Solicitor in Scotland and England
& Wales and he is head of the firm's Commercial Client
Division. Derek has over 20 years of experience advising and
counselling global and domestic businesses on their major
corporate, land and energy projects.
Derek chairs the firm's Business Services Group and is a member
of its Energy Climate Change & Natural Resources Group.
More recently, he has been advising business sector organisations
on developing legal and regulatory requirements and
implications of Climate Change and the Low Carbon Economy. He
also has a track record in advising on Natural Resource regulation,
University commercialisation and spin out projects, as well as
complex joint venture and consortium deals.
Derek co-ordinates international cross border projects and trade
and is a committee member of the firm's global legal network,
Lexwork International, founding their cross-border Energy
forum.
He is also a non-executive board member and trustee for a number
of organisations including a legal education accreditation provider
and Edinburgh's destination marketing body. Clients comment
that he provides a real understanding of all sides of every issue,
as well as possessing great business acumen and an innate
appreciation of project risk.
derek.mcculloch@gillespiemacandrew.co.uk0131 260 7532Download vCard