Lindsays makes commercial property partner hire

Lindsays solicitors has appointed David Rose to its Commercial Property team as a partner, based in its Dundee office.

Mr Rose, who joins from Dentons, has "decades of experience at the forefront of the commercial property market in Scotland".

Managing partner Alasdair Cummings said: "We’re delighted to welcome someone of David’s calibre to the team. Our Commercial Property offer is an important part of our growth plans in the coming years, and David’s appointment will be key to meeting our ambitions."

Mr Rose commented: "There is little doubt that the post-COVID commercial property market will be challenging – people will be changing how they work, and investors will be looking much more closely at proposals. However, with increasing numbers of new finance and investor players who are more nimble and have differing views on risk, interesting projects with good potential returns should still get finance even if the larger lenders slow down for a while. On the far side of this crisis, there may well be a greater demand for more creative innovative commercial property which works for the new post-COVID normal."

His move had "the added benefit of enabling me to return to my roots in Dundee to work with, and be part of, the community".