Three partner appointments at Morton Fraser

Legal firm Morton Fraser has promoted one new partner and hired two more across its real estate, corporate and private client teams.

Chris McLeish joins the Real Estate team from DWF, and Andrew Walker joins the Corporate team from Addleshaw Goddard, while Jack Kerr, who joined Morton Fraser as a trainee eight years ago, has been promoted to partner in the Private Client team.

CEO Chris Harte commented: “As businesses emerge from what are hopefully the most severe impacts of coronavirus, we have our sights set firmly on the firm’s future and are continuing to invest in our talent first strategy. At a time when top talent is in such high demand, we’re delighted to appoint these three ambitious and talented individuals who will really bolster some of our key practice areas.”