People on the move

ADDLESHAW GODDARD, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and internationally, has appointed Arran Mackenzie as a partner in its Corporate & Energy team. She joins from BURNESS PAULL. 

BLACKADDERS, Dundee and elsewhere, has appointed Lindsey Brown as a partner in the Private Client team in Dundee. She joins from ROLLOS LAW.

BOYD LEGAL, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, has acquired the practice BAIRD & COMPANY, Glenrothes. Baird & Company partners have joined Boyd Legal, John McAndrew as consultant and Carolyn Bean as head of Private Client. Baird & Company has rebranded as BAIRD LEGAL and will practise from Boyd Legal’s office at 1 Townend Place, Kirkcaldy KY1 1HB. 

BTO SOLICITORS, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Helensburgh, has appointed litigator and qualified mediator Cat (Catriona) MacLean as a partner. She joined the Dispute Resolution team in Edinburgh on 14 November 2022, from MBM COMMERCIAL. 

CLYDE & CO, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, North Berwick and globally, has promoted Ross Fairweather (large loss and catastrophic injuries), Lyndsey Combe (clinical negligence) and Kay Darling (defender disease litigation) to senior associate.

DWF, Edinburgh, Glasgow and globally, has moved its Edinburgh office from 2 Lochrin Square to 2 Semple Street, Edinburgh EH3 8BL. DWF has also appointed to its Edinburgh office, specialist construction lawyer and former DWF director, Jonathan Gaskell, who rejoined the business as a partner from MACROBERTS; solicitor advocate Lauren Rae, who joined as a director in Dispute Resolution from THORNTONS; Liana Di Ciacca, who joined as a director in Finance & Restructuring from SHOOSMITHS; and Michael Gilmartin, who joined as a director in Public Sector/Commercial.

FAMILY LAW MATTERS SCOTLAND LLP intimate that Janie Law, one of the firm’s founding partners, resigned from the partnership on 30 September 2022. Janie has continued to be involved with the firm as a consultant and family law mediator from 1 October 2022.

Susan Ferguson-Snedden, formerly head of Legal at HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND, has been appointed head of Legal and company secretary at ST ANDREWS LINKS TRUST.

GILSON GRAY, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and North Berwick, has appointed Stephen Dick as a partner in the Real Estate team. He joins from DLA PIPER. 

HARPER MACLEOD, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Elgin and Lerwick, has appointed Nadia Cook as a business development solicitor. She joins from UK GOVERNMENT SCOTLAND. 

HASTINGS LEGAL, Kelso, Duns, Eyemouth, Jedburgh and Selkirk, has promoted associate Tim Taylor to director with effect from 1 September 2022. Having initially joined the Duns office as a trainee solicitor in 2016, he will now be based at the Kelso office.

Greig Honeyman, formerly partner at SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN, has joined DOUGLAS HOME & CO, chartered accountants, Edinburgh and elsewhere, as a consultant to the board.

INKSTERS, Glasgow and elsewhere, announces that Alan Stewart has joined as a consultant solicitor from 1 November 2022. Co-founder and latterly sole principal of McCARTNEY STEWART in Renfrew, he will be based in Inksters’ new office at Suite 2/16, Merlin Business Centre, 20 Mossland Road, Hillington Park, Glasgow G52 4XZ (DX GW28 Glasgow; t: 0141 885 1858; f: 0141 229 0550; e: renfrew@inksters.com). 

LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP, Aberdeen, Inverness, Stirling and Edinburgh, has announced its merger with ANDERSON SHAW & GILBERT (“ASG”), Inverness and Ullapool, from 1 November 2022. All 19 ASG personnel have joined Ledingham Chalmers. ASG’s Commercial Property, Corporate, Rural, and Private Client teams will trade under the Ledingham Chalmers brand, with Joe Duncan joining as commercial property partner. ASG’s estate agency practice will retain its name, with Findlay Boyd as conveyancing partner, along with Iain McDonald as director.

McEWAN FRASER LEGAL, Edinburgh, has appointed experienced director James Milne as managing director.

Tom Marshall, retired solicitor advocate, has been appointed chair of FIFE LAW CENTRE. 

MBM COMMERCIAL, Edinburgh and London, has appointed Alison Scott as partner and head of its Commercial Property practice. Joining from DLA PIPER SCOTLAND, she takes over the department on the retirement of Jane Ramsay.

MELLICKS, Glasgow, has promoted senior associate, J Scotland Dickson to partner with effect from 1 December 2022.

MITCHELLS ROBERTON, Glasgow, has merged with property conveyancing practice WISHARTS LAW, Glasgow, from 1 November 2022. Founders and owners of Wisharts Law, husband and wife team Frances and Robbie Wishart, have become consultants in Mitchells Roberton.

PUBLIC DEFENCE SOLICITORS’ OFFICE, Dundee, has moved its office to 1 Courthouse Square, Dundee DD1 1NT. 

SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU, Edinburgh and UK wide, has appointed Grant Docherty to lead its Banking practice in Scotland. He joins from ROONEY NIMMO.

SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London, announces that Andrew Blain has been re-elected by the partners of the firm to serve a second term as managing partner from 1 May 2023. He was first elected managing partner in 2019.

THORNTONS LAW, Dundee and elsewhere, has appointed Corah Franco as a solicitor in its Private Client team in Dundee. She joins from BLACKADDERS.

WALLACE QUINN, Glasgow and Livingston, announces the following promotions from 1 November 2022: Richard Murray to senior associate; Maureen Jackson to associate; Pamela Murdoch to associate; and James Higgins to associate.

WILSON McKENDRICK, Glasgow announces that David Beattie Watson has been appointed a director and that Donna Smith and Heather Fraser have been promoted to senior solicitor.