Seven partners lead Brodies' annual promotions
Brodies LLP, the biggest Scottish-headquartered legal firm, has announced eight new partners (one a lateral hire) as it names a total of 36 promotions at different levels across the firm.
Kate McLeish and Karren Smith become partners in Real Estate, and Andy Nolan is made up to partner in the firm's Corporate & Commercial practice, as are banking lawyer Jack Moir, solicitor advocate Niall McLean, family lawyer Jennifer Wilkie and litigator Jared Oyston.
Ms Smith will also take on a leading role in Brodies' Dingwall office.
Joining the seven newly promoted partners is lateral hire, Carly Forrest, who joins Brodies' Insurance & Risk practice joins from BTO. A solicitor advocate with more than 15 years' experience working exclusively in the personal injury field, she specialises in dealing with high value catastrophic injury claims and has represented clients in the UK Supreme Court.
Eight new senior associates have been named: Jenna McCosh and Breda Deeley in Real Estate; Paul Green in Corporate & Commercial; Eoghann Green, Lynn Livesey, Gemma Nicholson and Ramsay Hall in Litigation; and Kimberley Ryder-Forman in Banking.
There are also 21 promotions to associate: Dave Bales, Cameron McKay and Gail Smith in Real Estate; Jennifer Crawford, Will Rollinson, Harriet Rutherford, Sarah McConnell and Lucie Hassell in Corporate & Commercial; Ross Mitchell, Stephanie Clarke, Jamie Dunne, Lisa Kinroy, Alison McAteer and Jo Kelbrick in Litigation; Stewart Gibson, Rachael Noble and Garry Sturrock in Personal & Family; and Anna Bell, Katie Priester, Rachel O'Reilly and Claire Devlin in Banking.
The firm has also appointed 12 newly qualified lawyers who will start their roles in July.
Brodies said that it had added 10 new partners in the last 12 months and recorded a 6% growth in people, up from 688 the previous year, to 728.
Managing partner Nick Scott commented: "Delivering relevant knowledge, insight and legal services, as well as understanding how our clients – businesses and individuals – want to receive those services was key in the development of our three-year strategy to 2021.
"It goes without saying that recent times will test the strategies of all businesses. We remain confident in our own and, in maintaining our focus and listening to our clients, we have with these latest promotions, and the addition of quality lawyers to our partnership, been able to deliver against that strategy. We wish all those joining our firm, or beginning new roles, all the best in their careers at Brodies."