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AAMER ANWAR & CO, Glasgow, are delighted to announce the appointment of Urfan Dar (right) as a criminal solicitor advocate and associate at the firm. Mr Dar previously worked at BELTRAMI & CO.

 

BURNESS PAULL, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has appointed Jody Crockett (right) as a partner in the firm’s dispute resolution team. Also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales, he joins from FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER, London. The firm also announces five internal partner promotions: Joanna Fulton, who specialises in product liability as well as the firm’s international strategy; Lindsay Wallace, a corporate lawyer who also becomes the firm’s first general counsel; Graeme Bradshaw, of the property team; Andrew Christie in the banking and funds practice; and Graeme Palmer who works in public procurement and state aid law. Claire Macpherson, previously with BTO, has joined the firm’s private capital team as director.

 

COCHRAN DICKIE & MACKENZIE LTD, Paisley, announce the appointment of Lyndsey Adam and Jennifer Cochran as directors, effective from 1 July 2017. David Allan, consultant and Patrick Small, director, both previously of McFADYEN & SEMPLE, Paisley, retired on 31 October 2016. The directors wish them a very happy and lengthy retirement.

 

DRUMMOND MILLER,
Edinburgh and elsewhere, announces new additions to its Dunfermline office: Fergus Johnston, senior associate, Family Law team, who joins from STEVENSON & MARSHALL, Dunfermline; Kate Howitt, senior associate, Family Law team, who joins from BASTEN SNEDDON, Dunfermline; and Mirella Marchini, senior associate, Private Client team, who joins from MHD LAW, Edinburgh.

With effect from 30 June 2017, Alastair Duthie announces that he has retired from legal practice, having completed 12 months as a consultant with BALFOUR + MANSON LLP, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, following the merger of Balfour + Manson LLP and DUTHIE WARD, Aberdeen on 30 June 2016. All wills held for clients are still held in the will safes at 42 Carden Place, Aberdeen. All title deeds formerly held in the deed safe there are now held in the deed safe at Balfour + Manson’s Edinburgh office. All client enquiries should now be directed please to Amy McKay, his successor in the Property and Private Client department at 42 Carden Place, Aberdeen.

 

GIBSON KERR, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has announced the promotion of Hazel McLauchlan (Family Law department) and Stuart Millar (Personal Law department), both in the Edinburgh office, to senior solicitor.

 

GILDEAS LTD, Glasgow and Edinburgh, are delighted to announce that Emma McBride has been promoted to an associate in their Glasgow office.

 

GILSON GRAY, Glasgow and Edinburgh, announces the appointment of Shirley Li-Ting as a senior associate in the Business Restructuring & Recovery and Corporate teams, joining from MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS, and Laura Burns as an associate and head of Private Client, joining from HARPER MACLEOD.

 

LINDSAYS, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and North Berwick intimate that, with effect from 14 July 2017, Lesley Macdonald has left the firm in order to set up a new firm, LESLEY MACDONALD FAMILY LAW. Lindsays wish her well with her new business.

 

Lesley Macdonald, formerly of RSB MACDONALD and RSB LINDSAYS, is pleased to announce that she has set up in business as LESLEY MACDONALD FAMILY LAW with effect from 14 July 2017. Her business address is Spalding House, 90/92 Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1AJ.

MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London, announces that it is to combine with DENTONS, the world’s largest law firm. The combination, expected to complete later in 2017 following approval by the partnerships of both firms, will comprise around 800 fee earners in the UK, including 200 partners, operating from offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Milton Keynes and Watford. Below: Kenneth Shand, MMS, and Jeremy Cohen, Dentons.

 

 

MILLER HENDRY, Perth, Dundee and Crieff, announces that it has promoted Mhairi Cage (right) to associate in the Private Client department in the Perth office, and Lyndsey Foggarty (right) to associate in the Commercial department in Dundee.

SHELTER SCOTLAND has appointed Fiona McPhail, a solicitor with the Shelter Housing Law Service, as its new principal solicitor.

 

THORNTONS, Dundee and elsewhere, announces the promotion of nine of its employees.

Six senior solicitors promoted to associate are Robin Beattie (Family and Dispute Resolution team, Arbroath), Mike Kemp (Personal Injury team, Dundee), Kim McNaughton (Corporate team, Dundee), Caroline Pigott (Intellectual Property, Edinburgh), Stephanie Watson (Personal Injury, Edinburgh) and Nicola Weir (Immigration team, Edinburgh). Three new senior solicitors are Stephanie Gallacher (Employment team, Dundee), Lisa Mannion (Legal Property team, Dundee), and Aimee Gibbons (Commercial Property, Edinburgh).

 

WRIGHT, JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE LLP, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, has announced the promotion of Joanne Ockrim (right) to senior associate in Commercial Property, and Esme Macfarlane (right) to associate in the Renewable Energy team.