Weightmans hires insurance team for Glasgow office

National law firm Weightmans has hired a three-strong insurance team for its Glasgow office.

Partner Douglas Keir and associates Sarah Phillips and Julia McDonald join from Anderson Strathern, where Mr Keir was head of the insurance litigation unit.

Mr Keir said: “We are excited to be joining Weightmans at a time of growth in Scotland for the firm. We look forward to nurturing existing relationships and creating opportunities, with our new Weightmans’ team of experts, in Scotland and throughout the UK.”

Weightmans is looking to recruit further this year, adding to insurance, real estate and employment expertise. Head of insurance Kieran Jones said: “We are serious about growing our Scotland insurance practice organically, and in the same way as we have done across our entire business. We are confident that with our ongoing recruitment drive we are growing a team of market leaders best placed to offer expert legal advice to the insurance market.”

Weightmans, which has 1,300 staff in eight offices in Scotland and England, first opened in Glasgow in 2013 after the acquisition of part of Semple Fraser.