People on the move

ABERDEIN CONSIDINE, Aberdeen and elsewhere, has appointed Julie Thomson, formerly with energy firm PROSERV, as chief financial officer, and Mike Fergusson, previously with APEX INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, as the firm’s first chief operating officer.

BALFOUR+MANSON, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has promoted senior associate Michaela Guthrie to partner with effect from 1 November 2022.

BLACKADDERS, Dundee and elsewhere, has appointed Leanne Gordon as a director in its Rural Land & Business team. She joins from SCOTTISH LAND & ESTATES and was previously a senior associate at LINDSAYS.

BRODIES LLP, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and London, has appointed as partners two litigators: Clare Bone, a criminal solicitor advocate based in Glasgow, who joins from BTO, and Malcolm Gunnyeon, who joins from DENTONS and is based in Aberdeen.

CMS, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and internationally, has appointed Wendy Nicolson as a partner in its Competition & Trade practice, based in its Edinburgh office. She joins from PINSENT MASONS.

DALLAS McMILLAN, Glasgow, has promoted Rosslyn Milligan (Private Client) to partner, and Craig Muirhead (Litigation) and Rachel Hendry (Commercial Property) to senior associate.

GIBSON KERR, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has promoted Katie Fulton (on right in photo) to senior solicitor, and appointed recently qualified Morgan Perrie as a solicitor, both in its Family Law team.

GILLESPIE MACANDREW, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, has announced the appointment as legal directors of rural lawyer Fiona Scott, who joins from BRODIES; Stewart Dunbar, a member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, who joins from BLACKADDERS; and Garry Gibson, who joins the Commercial Property team in Glasgow from LINDSAYS. The firm has also welcomed Cheryl Gallagher, senior solicitor – Housebuilder; Elliot Johnston, solicitor – Land & Rural; and Rachel Dixon, paralegal – Corporate, along with Mariola Seeruthun-Kowalczyk, tax associate in the Private Client team.

Michael Johnston has joined the SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY as a solicitor, moving from MILLER HENDRY.

LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY, Glasgow, has promoted Aileen Miller to partner in the Mental Health & Adult Incapacity department.

LINDSAYS, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, has appointed Martin Bennett as a director in its Commercial Property team. He joins from HARPER MACLEOD where he was a senior associate. 

ALLAN McDOUGALL SOLICITORS, Edinburgh are pleased to intimate that Gordon Milligan, an accredited specialist in personal injury law, has been promoted to partner, effective from Monday 3 October 2022.

RRADAR, Glasgow and elsewhere, has promoted Alastair Gray, solicitor advocate and accredited specialist in anti-money laundering, to head of Scotland.