Andy Lowe

Partner - Corporate

Edinburgh

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About me

"I am a partner in the corporate team with more than 25 years' experience advising clients on a broad range of transactional work, including business acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, private company fundraisings, and corporate restructures. I also provide day-to-day advice to boards, business owners, and senior management teams.”

I joined Higgs LLP in 2026 as part of the acquisition of Vialex Limited, with whom I had been practising since 2017, following 4 years as a corporate partner with Maclay Murray & Spens (now Dentons).

I have significant corporate, commercial and investment funds expertise across a variety of industry sectors, including food & drink, energy & resources, life sciences & biotechnology, transport & infrastructure and golf & leisure club establishment. I have advised several blue-chip clients, including Aberdeen Asset Management, ANZ Bank, August Equity, Cefetra BV, Carlton & United Breweries (Foster's), Troon Golf, TSG Group, and Waitrose, as well as numerous smaller enterprises, including family-owned businesses and early-stage companies.

No matter the client, there is always a need to take time to understand the client's business and aspirations, to appreciate what really matters to them, and (within reason!) to facilitate rather than frustrate their plans. Developing a genuine, trusted-advisor client relationship is the most enjoyable and rewarding aspect of my role.

During my career, I have practised in Australia and the Channel Islands, and I am admitted as a solicitor in Scotland, England & Wales, and Australia. I was also an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey.

Expertise

Advising Paris-based mobility solutions leader, TSG Group, on its acquisition of the services business of Gilbarco Veeder-Root in the UK, the Nordics and the Baltics
Advising August Equity on the sale of its shareholding in Fosters Funeral Directors
Advising the sole founder shareholder on the sale of Empteezy Limited to Chiltern Capital
Advising family-owned packaging company McLaren on the establishment of its joint venture with Belgian-based VPK Group
Advising European grain supplier, Cefetra BV, on its acquisition of the specialist crops business of Hampshire-based Premium Crops
Advising Aberdeen Asset Management on its acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group from Lloyds Banking Group (Business Insider Acquisition of the Year and Scottish Deal of the Year)
Acting as Board observer and legal counsel to Decom North Sea, the UK oil & gas decommissioning industry body
Advising Oslo-listed AGR group ASA on the sale of its global petroleum services division by way of an auction process to Silverfleet Capital
Advising Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture on its acquisition of the Meridian Salmon Farms business from Marine Harvest
Advising various private equity and hedge fund clients on the establishment of their offshore funds, including Gottex Fund Management (Lausanne), Dexion Capital (London) and Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities (US)
Advising Waitrose on its acquisition of five supermarkets in Guernsey and Jersey
Advising AEP Resources, Inc. on the A$2.2bn sale of its Victorian electricity distributor and retailer, Citipower, by way of an auction process
Advising Carlton and United Breweries Limited (Foster's) on the acquisition of the mineral waters business, Koala Springs Pty Ltd
Advising ANZ Development Capital on various investments, including the acquisition via MBO of Tronics Pty Ltd, a technology services business with operations in Australia, New Zealand and the US
Advising Yarra Trams on its acquisition of the business of M>Tram to become the sole tram operator in Melbourne
Advising Australian Power and Energy Limited on a A$100m Anglo American joint venture to develop brown coal resources in the Gippsland area of Victoria
Acting for National Foods, a dairy and fruit juice manufacturer, in relation to several corporate transactions in South Australia and Tasmania, including the acquisition of the speciality cheesemaker, King Island Dairy Company
Acting for US-based Diebold, Inc., on its concurrent acquisition of two electronic security businesses
Acting for Benchmark Healthcare, a private hospital operator, on various sales and acquisitions
Advising Tucker Seabrook, a wine distributor, on its joint venture with brewer Lion Nathan
Advising Troon Golf on the establishment of Greg Norman golf course & real estate developments at Queensland resorts, Pelican Waters and The Glades
Advising Thirteenth Beach Golf Links Limited on its property and golf course development at Barwon Heads in Victoria, including its offer of shares to the public by way of a prospectus
Acting for XRT Limited (a Melbourne biotech start-up company formed to leverage phase contrast imaging technology developed by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO) in relation to various private capital raisings, and technology and licensing agreements
Acting for Plantic Technologies Limited (a Melbourne biotech start-up company formed to leverage new biodegradable packaging technology) in relation to various private capital raisings
Acting for Houston-based EVI Weatherford on the £100m acquisition of a North Sea oil industry services company