People on the move

ANDERSON STRATHERN, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Haddington, has appointed Mike McGregor, a former partner at DELOITTE, as a non-executive director, replacing Graeme Bissett on the firm’s board.

BOYD LEGAL, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, has taken over the client business of SOMERVILLE & RUSSELL, Musselburgh, which has entered administration. Boyd Legal will serve clients requiring wills, trusts and executry, and estate agency and conveyancing services, but not court work or family law services.

BURNESS PAULL, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has launched a family law offering, appointing as partners Richard Smith, who will lead the new team, and Jennifer Wilkie. Both join from BRODIES, and are accredited as specialists in family law and as family law mediators.

Alistair Buttery intimates that with effect from 28 February 2022 he has resigned as a partner with FREELANDS, Motherwell, to take up a position with WHYTE FRASER & CO LTD, 7 Scott Street, Motherwell ML1 1PN (t: 0141 378 5711).

COULTERS, Edinburgh, has merged with PURDIE & CO, solicitors and estate agent, Edinburgh. Struan Douglas, partner at Purdie & Co, and three colleagues, have joined Coulters. 

DAC BEACHCROFT, Edinburgh, Glasgow and internationally has appointed Jilly Petrie as a construction partner in its Professional & Commercial Risks team, based in Glasgow. She joins from BTO SOLICITORS.

GIBSON KERR, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has made the following appointments and promotions in Family Law: Nadine Martin has been promoted to legal director; Karen Wylie has joined from MORTON FRASER as a senior associate; Karen Sutherland has been promoted to senior solicitor; Katie Fulton has joined from THORNTONS as a solicitor; and Sara Boyle has joined as a paralegal.

HARPER MACLEOD, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Elgin and Lerwick, has appointed Ashley Fleming, qualified in England & Wales, as a senior associate in its Immigration team. She joins from BINDMANS, London. 

JAMESON + MACKAY LLP, Perth and Auchterarder, announce the appointment of Samantha Kennedy as an assistant solicitor in their Private Client department with effect from 14 February 2022. 

MACDONALD HENDERSON, Glasgow, advise the appointment of Gail Docherty as head of the firm’s Residential Conveyancing team. She joins from PATTEN & PRENTICE. 

McKEE CAMPBELL MORRISON, Glasgow, has appointed Graham Wilson as senior associate in its Commercial Property team. He joins from ADDLESHAW GODDARD where he was managing associate.

PINSENT MASONS, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and internationally, has moved its Edinburgh office to Capital Square, 53 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8BP.

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE, Aberdeen, Ellon, Banchory, Inverurie and Stonehaven, has appointed Claire Clubb as an associate solicitor in the Residential Property team at its Banchory branch. She joins from STEWART & WATSON.

RUSSELLS GIBSON McCAFFREY, Glasgow are pleased to announce the promotion of their assistant Taylor Muir to associate from 1 March 2022. 

SCULLION LAW, Hamilton and Glasgow, has promoted Farrah Mahmood and Nick Harbison from its Conveyancing team to associate director.

SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London, has appointed Ian Bowie as a partner in Real Estate in its Glasgow office. He was previously head of Real Estate in MACROBERTS’ Glasgow office.

SHOOSMITHS, Edinburgh, Glasgow and UK wide, has announced the appointment of Simon Dawes (previously with PINSENT MASONS) as a legal director in Real Estate, supported by paralegal Morven Pinkerton (previously with MORTON FRASER); Simon Mayberry (previously with LEXLEYTON) as a senior associate in Employment; and Angela Robertson (previously with THORNTONS) as an associate in the Dispute Resolution & Litigation team, all in Edinburgh; and in the Glasgow office, Calum Stacey (previously with TOTAL UK) as a legal director in the Commercial team, Rachel Munro (previously with SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN) as a senior associate in Real Estate, and immigration specialist Pavan Sumal (previously with FIVE STAR INTERNATIONAL LTD) as an associate in Employment.

THORNTONS, Dundee and elsewhere, has acquired the nine-strong Dundee office team of MACROBERTS, including David Milne and Kyle Moir, partners in the Commercial Real Estate team, supported by paralegal Kirsty Smith; Derek Petrie, partner in Residential Conveyancing, with senior solicitor Gemma Scrimgeour and trainee paralegal Jodi Blakeman; and Chris Gardiner, legal director in Private Client.

Thorntons has added to its Dundee conveyancing team by merging with KIM BARCLAY SOLICITORS. Founder Kim Barclay returns, along with paralegal Fiona Whittaker, to the firm where she began her career.

Callum McCue, previously with CAREY OLSEN, Jersey, has joined Thorntons as a senior solicitor in the Commercial Real Estate team in Glasgow.

Iain Nicol has joined Thorntons’ Edinburgh office as a consultant in the Dispute Resolution & Claims/Personal Injury team, from LEFEVRES.

WRIGHT, JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Dunblane and Dunfermline, has appointed Vicki Provan, a former partner at the firm, most recently with NEWGALEXY SERVICES, as a consultant in the Commercial Property team, which Amen Chaudry, previously with McVEY & MURRICANE, has also joined as a solicitor. Fergus Hollins and Alex Mudie in the firm’s Corporate team have both been promoted to senior solicitor, as has Jenna Gallacher in the Inverness Commercial Property team.