Our Team.

Stuart McDonald

Founder and Principal Solicitor

Overview

As a Scottish lawyer specialising in Real Estate, Residential Property, Private Client, and Projects, Stuart has a deep passion for leveraging innovative technologies to enhance the level of service provided to his clients. Over the years, Stuart has honed his legal skills in top-tier UK law firms, which is built upon a background in IT intensive legal personal assistant and secretarial roles.

Stuart understands that there is more than an appetite for better and cheaper legal advice. Stuart founded ProTech Legal with the core mission: to meet the needs of clients with a better quality of service and at an affordable price.

“Through my dedication and the collective efforts of our team, we are poised to redefine the standards of client service in the legal industry, leveraging the power of technology to deliver exceptional results and build lasting relationships with our valued clients.” - Stuart McDonald

  • Prior to and since founding ProTech Legal, Stuart has been involved in:

    • Multi million pound acquisition of multi use site for FTSE 100 company

    • Retail site acquisitions for FTSE 100 company

    • Security reviews for banking sector

    • Lease matters for Frankfurt Stock Exchange company

    • England based bakery expansion in Scotland

    • Dubai based business taking on lease in Glasgow

    • Acting for independent and premium businesses in relation retail locations in premium shopping centres/retail parks

    • Substation and gas governor rights matters

    • Care home Business sale involving 8 sites

    • Gambling business sale involving 4 sites

    • Coach business sale

    • Development site acquisitions for Housing Association across Scotland

    • Residential portfolio acquisitions and sales for high net worth individuals

    • Promotion Agreement for a large development site in Scotland

    • Multi million pound acquisition of apart-hotel in Edinburgh

    • Property matter for a well established UK charity

    • Acquisition of additional retail sites for an established bakery business

    • Acting for SIPPs for investment purchases

    • Acting for multiple GP practices for sale and lease back matters

    • Acquisition of retail business for franchise owner

    • Private client services for high net worth individuals

    • Hotel sale for Scottish family business

    • Notarial services for high profile UK court matter

    • Wind farm site sale in Scotland

    • Acquisition of a historically significant castle in Scotland

  • Admission

    Admitted as a Solicitor and Notary Public of Scotland in 2019

    Education

    • Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, LLB(Hons) 2015

    • University of Glasgow, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, 2016

    Certifications

    • Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate (CBCA) Alpha Program 2

    • Tokenisation of Real-World Assets on the Blockchain

    Memberships

    Associate member of Institute of Legal Secretaries

Our Values.

  • We believe:

    • everyone should be afforded the same opportunities and experiences

    • everyone should be treated equally regardless of religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, gender, age and background

    • trans rights are human rights and supporting LGBTQ+ causes

    • there is no place for racism in any form

  • We are accountable for our use of AI.

    Implementation of AI has our clients' privacy at the centre.

    Ensures any AI tool aligns with our policies and guidance.

    Open about the use of AI

  • ProTech Legal is fully committed to complying with all statutes, rules and regulations relating to the detection and prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing and any other form of finance crime.

    ProTech Legal opposes tax evasion.

    We carry out AML checks at the inception of client relationships and on an ongoing basis, together with conducting risk assessments and source of funds/wealth checks (if necessary).

    ProTech Legal will report any suspicions of financial crime to relevant authorities.

  • We do not accept bribery and corruption in our business and we will not work with others who do not share our commitment to preventing bribery and corruption.