People on the move

ABERDEIN CONSIDINE, Aberdeen and elsewhere, has announced 11 senior promotions. Elaine Elder (Dispute Resolution, Aberdeen) has been promoted to senior associate. Nine who become associate are Aberdeen-based Tom Main (Family Law), Danny Anderson (Corporate & Commercial), Shaju Noor (Banking Litigation), and Katie Hutchinson (Residential Property & Conveyancing), along with Residential Property & Conveyancing colleagues Stevie Kelman (Banchory and Stonehaven), Mairi Innes (Perth), Jordan Watt (Peterhead and Ellon), and Kerry Temple (Edinburgh), and Megan Hannah (Family Law, Glasgow). Ellen Masters (Banking Litigation, Glasgow) becomes a senior solicitor. 

ANDERSON STRATHERN, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Haddington, has appointed Tom McEntegart, solicitor advocate and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-accredited evaluative mediator, as a partner in the Dispute Resolution team, based in Glasgow. He joins from TLT, where he was a partner and formerly head of its Scotland operation.

Mark Templeton has been appointed a director and head of Immigration. He joins from QUINN, MARTIN & LANGAN.

BALFOUR+MANSON, Edinburgh and Aberdeen has promoted James Hyams (Private Client), Carolyn Jackson (Clinical Negligence), and Peter Littlefair (Personal Injury) to senior associate.

BELLWETHER GREEN, Glasgow, has appointed accredited employment law specialist Marianne McJannett as head of Employment. She joins from TC YOUNG. 

BRODIES, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dingwall, has appointed Jacqueline Stroud as a partner in Family Law, based in the Edinburgh office. Formerly a partner in MACROBERTS, she is an accredited specialist in family law and an accredited family law mediator.  

BURNESS PAULL, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has appointed Alan Cassels, who joins from PINSENT MASONS, as a partner in its Banking & Finance team.

DENTONS, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and globally, has appointed Alison Weatherhead as practice group leader for the UK People, Reward and Mobility (“PRM”) team. She replaces Virginia Allen who will be leaving the firm. An Employment partner based in Glasgow, she previously led Dentons’ PRM practice in Scotland.

DIGBY BROWN, Edinburgh and elsewhere, has announced a round of 21 solicitor promotions. Sarah Douglas, Diane Cooper and Kirsty O’Donnell in Glasgow, and Sam Cowie in Inverness, all become partners. Promoted to associate are Euan Robertson (Dundee), Louise McCulloch, Joy Bell and Stephen Duff (Glasgow), Isla McKnight (Ayr), and Izabela Wosiak (Edinburgh). Eleven who advance to senior solicitor are Chris Ritchie (Dundee), Fiona Bissett (Kirkcaldy), James Stephen (Glasgow), Sarah Newman (Inverness), Paul Thomson and Kimberley McLennan (Aberdeen), and Magdalena Wlochal, Donald Mackay, Simon Dempsey, Sarah Hobkirk and Louise Moffatt (all Edinburgh).

FRASER & MULLIGAN, Aberdeen and Ballater, has merged with MACKINNONS SOLICITORS, Aberdeen, Cults and Aboyne, with effect from 1 June 2022. Fraser & Mulligan’s office at 1 Carden Place, Aberdeen has closed, with most of the partners and staff transferring to Mackinnons’ office at 14 Carden Place. Fraser & Mulligan’s office in Ballater remains open for business. 

GIBSON KERR, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has promoted Nadine Martin, accredited specialist in family law and child law, accredited family law mediator and certified specialist in trauma informed practice, to partner; and Stuart Millar and Katie Marshall, both members of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, to senior associate and senior solicitor respectively, and Rhian Mackay to paralegal, in the Personal Law unit. Property solicitor Donald Towsey has joined the practice from McDOUGALL McQUEEN, and Nikki Lemon has joined as a property paralegal.

GILLESPIE MACANDREW, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, has appointed construction lawyer Ross Taylor to the partnership with effect from 5 July 2022. He joins from WRIGHT JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited mediator. 

GILSON GRAY, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and North Berwick, has promoted Shona Young to senior associate in the Family Law team. 

HARPER MACLEOD, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Elgin and Lerwick, has promoted Laura McLean to partner in the Family Law team; Angus Brown to associate in the Dispute Resolution team; and Natalie Bruce and Leanne Maitland to senior solicitors in the Family Law and Private Client teams respectively. All are based in the Elgin and Inverness offices.

HOLMES MACKILLOP, Glasgow, Milngavie, Johnstone and Giffnock, has appointed Ross Brown as a director, Emma Donaldson as senior associate, and paralegals Elaine Clark and Shona Currie as senior executry assistant and tax assistant respectively, all in its Wills, Trusts & Executries practice. All join from BTO SOLICITORS.

LINDSAYS LLP, Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow, wishes to announce that, with effect from 6 June 2022, Duncan MacKinnon has resigned from the partnership. 

MACDONALD HENDERSON, Glasgow advises the appointment of Michael Strain as a solicitor in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. He joins from KEOGHS. 

MACDONALD LYNCH, Glasgow has promoted Robert Telfer, who joined the firm on its formation a year ago, to partner from 4 July 2022. 

McEWAN FRASER LEGAL, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Airdrie and Inverness, has appointed Caroline MacBeath as a solicitor in its Family Law team. She joins from GIBSON KERR.

MACNABS, Perth, Blairgowrie, Pitlochry and Bridge of Allan, has appointed Duncan Mackinnon, an accredited specialist in child law, as a consultant, and accredited paralegal Lynne Kelly, to its Family Law team. They join from LINDSAYS in Dundee.

MORTON FRASER, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has announced a total of 22 promotions. Emma Kiel and Suzanne Sutherland (both Real Estate), and Ewan McGillivray and Nicola Edgar (both Litigation), become legal directors. Stewart Moy (Corporate Growth), Fiona Byron (Private Client), Andrew Gibson, Debbie Brogan and Hayley Johnson (all Litigation), and Emma Carmichael-Stewart (Real Estate) advance to senior associate. There are six new associates: Trudy Burns, Ellen Crofts, Katie Mahony and Anna Maitles (all Private Client), and Nadia Watson and Robin Keay (both Litigation). Four new senior solicitors are Kiril Pehlivanov (Corporate Growth), Stephanie Tinney and Stephen Wyper (both Real Estate), and Judith Baxter (Litigation). Charmaine Gomez becomes a paralegal, Real Estate, and Luke McNaughtan a paralegal, Litigation. 

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE, Aberdeen, Banchory, Ellon, Inverurie and Stonehaven intimate the appointment of Carolyn Richards as a partner on 13 June 2022. She was previously a senior associate with BURNESS PAULL.

SCULLION LAW, Hamilton and Glasgow, has appointed Ailidh Ballantyne as an associate director in the Wills, Trusts & Future Planning team. She joins from THOMPSONS where she was head of Private Client. 

STRONACHS, Aberdeen and Inverness, has assumed Deborah Law of its Dispute Resolution team as a partner of the firm. Lucy Cran and Callum Armstrong have been promoted to senior associate in the Commercial Property and Corporate teams respectively, and Hazel MacGregor (Dispute Resolution), Morven White (Private Client ) and Sarah Adams (Residential Property) have been promoted to senior solicitor. 

STIRLING & GILMOUR LLP, Alexandria, Helensburgh and Clydebank intimate that with effect from 31 March 2022 Graeme D Yeoman has retired from the firm. The firm wish him a long and happy retirement. 

TLT, Edinburgh, Glasgow and UK-wide, has moved its Glasgow office to the top floor of Cadworks, the first net zero office building in the city. Its address is 9th floor, 41 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6SE (t: 0333 006 0400). 

WORKNEST, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and UK-wide (incorporating the former LAW AT WORK), has promoted Daniel Gorry to legal director to manage its legal advisory teams in its Scottish offices.

The WS SOCIETY, Edinburgh, has appointed charity law specialist Sophie Mills to its executive as a solicitor. She joins from BTO SOLICITORS.