Four legal directors head 22 Morton Fraser promotions

Morton Fraser has announced a total 22 internal promotions across its Real Estate, Corporate, Litigation and Private Client teams.

They are headed by the appointment of Emma Kiel and Suzanne Sutherland (both Real Estate), and Ewan McGillivray and Nicola Edgar (both Litigation) to legal director. 

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 also 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.

The promotions comprise nearly 10% of Morton Fraser’s workforce, which has engaged in a structured learning and development programme including eLearning, technical legal training, taught programmes and masterclasses geared around improving individual, team and professional skills at all levels within the firm.

Jenny Dickson, partner and chair, commented: "These well-deserved promotions highlight the stellar contributions each individual has made to the firm over the past year. As a firm, we take great pride in putting our talent first, which means providing a great place to work, interesting work to do and ongoing development opportunities. This group of internal appointments highlights the quality of the talent we’re nurturing at the firm through our talent first approach, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone develop within their new roles."