People on the move: August 2023

ABERDEIN CONSIDINE, Aberdeen and elsewhere, has appointed renewables specialist Rod Hutchison as a partner in the Corporate & Commercial team in Aberdeen. He joins from MACROBERTS.

AXIOM INCE LTD has acquired PLEXUS LEGAL LLP, headquartered in Leeds and operating in England, and PLEXUS NORTH LLP, based in Edinburgh, out of administration.

BROWN & McRAE, Fraserburgh and Turriff, announce that Courtney Fitzpatrick, based in the Fraserburgh office, qualifies on 2 August 2023 and will be retained there.

CAESAR & HOWIE, Bathgate and elsewhere, announce the resignation of Rachel Camilleri-Brennan on 30 June 2023 from the partnership. The partners
and staff wish her well in her future adventures. 

COCHRAN DICKIE & MACKENZIE LTD, Paisley, would like to announce the retirement of Angus Kerr Storrie as director of the firm from 1 July 2023. They thank Angus for his years of dedication and service to the firm and his clients and wish him a long and happy retirement.

COMPLETE CLARITY SOLICITORS and SIMPLICITY LEGAL, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Dumfries and Edinburgh, has promoted Sinead Machin to senior associate, and Siobhan Brown, Scott Stevenson and Linzi McQuade
to senior solicitor. The firm has also appointed Nat Alexander as senior associate and head of the Property team. He joins from THE McKINSTRY COMPANY.

DLA PIPER SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, has promoted Sarah Letson (Finance, Projects & Restructuring) and Linzi Penman (Intellectual Property & Technology) to partner; Euan Bruce (Employment) and Patrick Fulton (Litigation & Regulatory) to legal director; and Laura Maclennan (Intellectual Property & Technology) and Thomas Carr (Real Estate) to senior associate.

DRUMMOND MILLER, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bathgate, Musselburgh and Dalkeith, has promoted three new partners: Anna Rani (Immigration), Lorna Hale (Litigation, an accredited specialist in medical negligence law), and Alison Murphy (Conveyancing). In addition, Lauryn McCrorie (Immigration) has been promoted to senior associate; Ayesha Aleem (Immigration) and Melissa Inman (Family) have been promoted to associate; and Eluned McHardy (Private Client) has been promoted to senior solicitor.

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND, Edinburgh and globally, has appointed renewables and real estate solicitor Alan Cook, dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales, as a partner. He joins from PINSENT MASONS.

FLEXLAW SOLICITORS, Edinburgh, have appointed Elzbieta Olejnik, a native Polish speaker, as a consultant solicitor specialising in family/child law, and immigration.

FREETHS, a commercial law firm with 12 offices across England, has announced its expansion into Scotland with the opening of an office at 1st Floor, 1 Atlantic Quay, Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8JB. It has appointed as partners Paul Ockrim and Nick Taylor, who join from ADDLESHAW GODDARD.

GILLESPIE MACANDREW, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, announces the appointment of corporate partner and accredited charity law specialist Alan Gilfillan. He joins from BALFOUR+MANSON.

GILSON GRAY, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and North Berwick, has promoted two legal directors, Michael Anderson and Cheryl Edgar, based in its offices in Edinburgh and East Lothian respectively, to partner in its Residential Property team.

GREY & CO, Inverness, has moved its office from Church Street to 3 Old Mill Road, Inverness IV2 3HR.

Kevin McDade, formerly an associate with BURNESS PAULL, has started a new position as solicitor with STV GROUP PLC. 

MACDONALD LYNCH, Mount Florida, Glasgow, has announced the acquisition of ARCHER COYLE, a family firm of solicitors located in Muirend, Glasgow. Liz Coyle and Gordon Dangerfield, founding partners at Archer Coyle, will join MacDonald Lynch as consultants.

MBM COMMERCIAL, Edinburgh and London, has promoted two directors, Laura Peachey and Alexander Lamley (who is dual qualified in Scotland and New York) to partner in its Corporate team.

MUNRO & NOBLE, Inverness, Dingwall and Aviemore, announce that Alison Foggo, formerly with HARPER MACLEOD, has become a partner and head of Wills, Trusts & Executries from April 2023; that Iain McDonald, conveyancing solicitor, joined the firm in June 2023 as a partner from LEDINGHAM CHALMERS; that Susan Bird, conveyancing solicitor, has become a partner as of 1 August 2023; and that Matthew Albiston has been promoted to senior solicitor as of 1 August 2023.

THORNTONS LAW, Dundee and elsewhere, has announced the following nine promotions, effective from 1 July 2023: to legal director, James Brogan (Private Client), Edinburgh and Bonnyrigg; to associate, Victoria Wright (Intellectual Property) and Emma Lawrie (Residential Property), both in Edinburgh, and Lynsay McFarlane (Personal Injury) and Katy Dow (Intellectual Property), both in Dundee; and to senior solicitor, Jillian McLaughlan (Employment) and Alex Dawson (Residential Property), both in Dundee, Roisin Donnelly (Intellectual Property), Edinburgh, and Ross Cargill (Private Client), St Andrews.

Thorntons has also formally opened its new Glasgow office, its first permanent home in the city, at 4th Floor, Lomond House, 9 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY (t: 0141 483 9028; f: 01382 202288).

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and internationally, has announced the promotion to legal director of Clare Lamond (Commercial Real Estate), based in the Edinburgh office, among a number of senior promotions across the firm’s UK offices.

WRIGHT, JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Dunblane and Dunfermline, has promoted senior solicitors Leanne Follan (Renewables, Glasgow) and Ben White (Conflict Resolution, Edinburgh) to associate.