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Small Business Advice

Specialist legal support for all kinds of small and family businesses in Edinburgh and Fife.

We would never present ourselves as large corporate lawyers.  We concentrate instead on providing specialist legal advice to smaller sized businesses, our clients in Edinburgh and Fife ranging from sole traders and start-up enterprises to established small and family businesses.

By focussing exclusively on the small business sector in this way, we can really get to know our clients on a personal as well as a professional basis – the key, we believe, to providing a highly effective legal support services based on a deep understanding of the unique problems they face in a topsy-turvy economic climate allied to the additional burden of keeping pace with ever changing regulation.

Although no two businesses are the same, our advice is typically sought in such areas as:

• All aspects of commercial property leasing, sale or purchase
• Whether to operate on a sole trader basis, as a formal partnership or register the business as a limited company
• How a Will can be structured for succession planning purposes and to minimise tax liabilities on the business after death
• Ensuring continuity in the running of the business through Powers of Attorney agreements
• Strategic tax planning to protect profits
• Selling the business as a going concern, with or without premises

So if you are thinking about starting a business or are already operating anywhere in Edinburgh or Fife, contact the small business specialists at Pagan Osborne for personally tailored advice you know you can trust every step of the way.

Meet the legal team

Edinburgh
  • Alan Innes
    Alan Innes
    Partner and Head of Private Client Edinburgh and Commercial and Business Services
    aainnes@pagan.co.uk
  • Mark Harris
    Mark Harris
    Specialist Executry Paralegal
    mharris@pagan.co.uk
  • Sue Campbell
    Sue Campbell
    Specialist Executry Paralegal
    scampbell@pagan.co.uk
  • Alma Alexander
    Alma Alexander
    Legal Secretary
    alexander@pagan.co.uk
  • Ian Fraser
    Ian Fraser
    Partner – Commercial and Business Services
    ifraser@pagan.co.uk
  • Jill Moffat
    Jill Moffat
    Solicitor – Commercial and Business Services
    jmoffat@pagan.co.uk
  • Keith McLaren
    Keith McLaren
    Solicitor – Client Advisor: Private Client
    kmclaren@pagan.co.uk
  • Lianne Lodge
    Lianne Lodge
    Associate – Private Client and Head of Lateryears Service
    llodge@pagan.co.uk
  • Neil Paterson
    Neil Paterson
    Partner – Private Client
    npaterson@pagan.co.uk
  • Ronnie Sembay
    Ronnie Sembay
    Partner – Commercial and Business Services
    rsembay@pagan.co.uk
  • Stuart Lisgo
    Stuart Lisgo
    Associate– Private Client Team
    slisgo@pagan.co.uk
  • Tracey Steen
    Tracey Steen
    Specialist Executry Paralegal
    tsteen@pagan.co.uk
  • Sarah McPherson
    Sarah McPherson
    Client Care Executive
    smcpherson@pagan.co.uk
  • Fife
  • Cathy  Munro
    Cathy Munro
    Specialist Paralegal – Executries
    cmunro@pagan.co.uk
  • Audrey  Dishington
    Audrey Dishington
    Associate – Private Client
    adishington@pagan.co.uk
  • Douglas Turner
    Douglas Turner
    Partner
    dturner@pagan.co.uk
  • Colin  Clark
    Colin Clark
    Partner – Head of Agriculture & Estates
    cmclark@pagan.co.uk
  • Elizabeth  Calderwood
    Elizabeth Calderwood
    Partner – Private Client
    elcalderwood@pagan.co.uk
  • Fiona McDonald
    Fiona McDonald
    Partner – Private Client
    fmcdonald@pagan.co.uk
  • Fiona Shields
    Fiona Shields
    Head of Private Client, Fife & Executries
    fshields@pagan.co.uk
  • Gillian Gibbons
    Gillian Gibbons
    Agriculture & Estates
    ggibbons@pagan.co.uk
  • Hilda Brown
    Hilda Brown
    Specialist Paralegal – Executries
    hbrown@pagan.co.uk
  • Linda Leighton
    Linda Leighton
    Trusts and Charities Accountant – Private Client
    lleighton@pagan.co.uk
  • Lynne Madden
    Lynne Madden
    Paralegal – Private Client
    lhmadden@pagan.co.uk
  • Michelle Wilson
    Michelle Wilson
    Specialist Paralegal – Executries Team
    mwilson@pagan.co.uk
  • Sandy Grant
    Sandy Grant
    Partner, Head of Conveyancing
    sgrant@pagan.co.uk
  • Sarah Thurston
    Sarah Thurston
    Solicitor
    sthurston@pagan.co.uk

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    Edinburgh
    EH2 3PA Call Us
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    2 Comiston Road
    Morningside
    Edinburgh
    EH10 5QE Call Us
    Tel: 0131 539 3333
    Fax: 0131 538 7204
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    106 South Street
    St Andrews
    Fife
    KY16 9QD Call Us
    Tel: 01334 475001
    Fax: 01334 476322
    Cupar
    12 St Catherine Street
    Cupar
    Fife
    KY15 4HH Call Us
    Tel: 01334 653777
    Fax: 01334 655063
    1 Crossgate
    Cupar
    Fife
    KY15 5HA Call Us
    Tel: 01334 656525
    Fax: 01334 654119
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    5a Shore Street
    Anstruther
    Fife
    KY10 3EA Call Us
    Tel: 01333 310703
    Fax: 01333 311918

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