Rod MacLeod#6865

Rod MacLeod

Partner (Banking and Finance), Shepherd and Wedderburn
Rod is a Partner in the banking and finance team at Shepherd and Wedderburn. He specialises in commercial and corporate finance, acting in Scotland for corporate borrowers, lenders and funds. He has wide experience in cross-border property and corporate finance deals, with particular expertise in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securitisation and funds finance.
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Execution of documents under Scots law
Execution of documents under Scots law
Practice notes

This Practice Note considers execution of documents under Scots law. In particular it covers which types of contract must be recorded in writing under Scots law, how valid execution of them is achieved, options for executing multi-party documents, the requirements of the Scottish property registers, requirements relating to the date and delivery of documents in Scotland and rules relating to the execution of counterparts under Scots law. It considers the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (RW(S)A 1995) and the Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015 (LW(CD)(S)A 2015).

Virtual execution under Scots law
Virtual execution under Scots law
Practice notes

This Practice Note considers virtual execution under Scots law, or execution of electronic documents. It covers the necessary steps for valid execution of electronic documents under Scots law and, in particular, looks at the use of the advance electronic signature (AES) in Scotland and the delivery steps required for the execution to be effective. In particular, it considers the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995, Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (UK eIDAS) and the Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014, SSI 2014/83. It also considers the application, appearance and reading of an electronic document, and delivery of an electronic document, as well as ARTL, the electronic conveyancing system in Scotland.

Boilerplate set (Scotland)—long form
Boilerplate set (Scotland)—long form
Precedents

This Precedent is a long form boilerplate clause set for use in business-to-business commercial contracts governed by the law of Scotland. These boilerplate clauses cover the mechanics of how an agreement works and provides clauses that are standard in most transactions governed by Scots law. Boilerplate clauses can be pro-party or mutual; these are drafted from a mutual perspective. The long form boilerplate set consists of a definitions and interpretation clause, dispute resolution clause, entire agreement clause, notices clause, announcements clause, force majeure clause, further assurance clause, variation clause, assignation clause, set-off clause, no partnership or agency clause, severance clause, waiver clause, compliance with law clause, conflict within agreement clause, counterparts clause, costs and expenses clause, language clause, third party rights clause, governing law clause and jurisdiction clause.

Practice Area

Panels

  • Contributing Author
  • Scottish Panel

Qualified Year

  • 2002

Experience

  • Partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP (2014 - 2021)
  • Partner (from 2012), Tods Murray LLP (2000 - 2014)

Membership

  • Member, Law Society of Scotland

Qualifications

  • LLB(Hons) (1998)
  • Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (1999)
  • MSc (2000)

Education

  • University of Aberdeen (1994-1998, 1998-1999)
  • University of Strathclyde (1999-2000)

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