Two senior appointments at Aberdeen Considine

Legal firm Aberdein Considine has announced the hires of a private client partner and a banking litigation associate.

James MacKinnon has joined the firm as partner and head of Private Client for Edinburgh. He was previously legal director at Gillespie Macandrew LLP.

Mr MacKinnon, who has almost 15 years’ experience, specialises in tax efficient solutions in passing on wealth to future generations, providing expertise in all aspects of the formation, administration and termination of trusts. He is a member of STEP, serving as secretary on their Scottish branch committee. He has also tutored on the Diploma of Legal Practice at the University of Edinburgh.

John Di Paola also becomes an associate in the Banking Litigation team, joining the firm’s Lender Services practice group from the Ascent Performance Group. He specialises in the recovery of heritable property, banking litigation and debt recovery, and will be based at Aberdeen Considine’s Waterloo Street office in Glasgow.

The Lender Services Practice Group represents the majority of the UK’s banks and financial institutions, including Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide Building Society and Lloyds Banking Group.