Craig Scott

Craig is head of the Business Services group. His particular expertise includes advising on private equity-backed transactions, mergers and acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.

Craig joined the firm in 2010, having previously worked for 10 years at international law firm DLA Piper, and spending four years at Halliwells. He has over 24 years’ corporate transactional experience for corporates, management teams and equity houses. Craig was formerly national head of Hill Dickinson's Corporate team and is now head of our Business Services group.

Craig specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity funded transactions covering all forms of share and asset acquisitions and disposals, auction sale processes, mergers, corporate joint ventures and equity investments. Craig leads a specialist team with extensive experience of private equity transactions and has also acted on several major corporate finance transactions for listed companies.

Craig completed his law degree at Sheffield University (LLB Hons) and attended Chester College of Law. Craig was one of the first solicitors in the North West to hold the corporate finance qualification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England.