Partner

Bruce Harvie

Languages

English

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Bruce is a partner in the Corporate Group, based in the firm’s Edinburgh office. He has expertise in a wide range of corporate matters and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments and corporate governance work.

Bruce acts for private companies, investors, management teams and individual shareholders across all stages of a company’s lifecycle. He has a wealth of experience in acquisitions, joint ventures, group reorganisations, investment work, company disposals/exits and in providing corporate governance advice to clients across a broad range of sectors including retail, hotels & leisure, financial services, FinTech and life sciences. Bruce also leads the CMS equIP legal accelerator programme in Scotland.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Working with Bruce and his CMS team was a pleasure! Bruce was a great sounding board whilst going through the process of securing our investment with Piper. He was proactive and used great commercial nous to help reach agreement with our investment partners. Not to mention his and his team’s endless patience explaining the legal documentation in layman’s terms to protect our interests. Thank you for looking after us Bruce."

Robin Worsnop, founder of Rabbie’s Tours
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"We have been a client of CMS for many years, and Bruce has worked on several Private Equity investments and disposals for us. He applies common sense and understands the need to be commercial and practical on behalf of his clients to deliver excellent results. We look forward to working with him on more transactions in the future."

Client feedback
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"Bruce understands the needs and requirements of high-growth scale-up businesses. He provides hands-on pragmatic and high-quality advice that delivers successful outcomes."

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Relevant experience

Lead sell-side adviser for shareholders, including Souter Investments, on the GBP 320m sale of Britain’s biggest bus builder, Alexander Dennis, to NFI Group Inc.
Souter Investments on their acquisition, alongside Sullivan Street Partners, of diagnostic services business Tracerco from Johnson Matthey plc.
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts on the disposal of the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel and Macdonald Manchester Hotel to Zetland Capital Partners in one of the largest hotel transactions outside London in 2021.
Award-winning Edinburgh-based tour company Rabbie’s Tours on its GBP 7m investment from Piper Private Equity, a specialist consumer brands investor.
Murray Capital on various growth capital investments including into financial technology lending platform headquartered in Scotland LendingCrowd, cryptocurrency business Zumo and automated manufacturing business CloudNC.
Murray Capital and the other selling shareholders of IT and security solutions provider Capito on its sale to XMA.
EnteroBiotix, a leading microbiome therapeutics company, on its Series A fundraising and subsequent funding rounds.
A large institutional bank on a FinTech investment.
A data-first change and transformation consultancy client Proteus on its acquisition of software-as-a-service company Sharktower.
A mid-market private equity firm on a number of acquisitions and investments, including dealing with all investment documentation, seller ‘rollover’ documentation, acquisition documentation, transaction project management and liaising on all elements on the acquisition finance documentation.
Portfolio investment work for private equity clients, including senior management exits, management share issues, changes to company constitutions and corporate governance matters.

Education

2009 – Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
2008 – LLB , University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
2006 – MA Honours in Business Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Practice Areas

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Venture Capital

sectors

Life Sciences & Healthcare FinTech Private Equity

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