Shakespeare Martineau appoints Edinburgh legal director

UK law firm Shakespeare Martineau has appointed dual-qualified Nicky Grant as a legal director in the Commercial Real Estate team based in its Edinburgh office.

Mr Grant, who joins from Dickson Minto, has nearly 10 years’ experience working in Scotland, across all areas of commercial property, including acquisition and disposals, commercial leasing, commercial developments, managing investment properties, acting on utilities and energy projects, corporate assist work, acting on behalf of healthcare providers, and real estate finance. Initially Scots qualified, he obtained dual qualification in 2018.

Amal Kaur, partner at Shakespeare Martineau (Glasgow) LLP, commented: "I am really excited to welcome Nicky to the firm as a new senior appointment. He has a wealth of commercial experience and will be a great asset to our growing team. Based in Edinburgh, Nicky has a network of connections in Scotland to grow our practice even further and his dual-qualification means we can seamlessly transact in both jurisdiction for our clients."

She added: "This is a very exciting time for Shakespeare Martineau in Scotland. I am also pleased to congratulate our real estate associate Aller Dewlat on dual qualifying into Scots law. He will be a great asset in supporting our volume utilities team, with his existing wealth of experience in the sector."

Shakespeare Martineau is also to take on its first Scottish trainees, looking to recruit two trainees into the commercial sector in its Scottish practice – one to start later this year and another in 2024.