Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew LLP has reported an 8.4% increase in turnover, worth £0.88 million in growth over the year. The audited annual accounts show that the firm’s turnover reached £11.36 million in the…

Melanie Schwindt and Sarah Gilzean have been appointed as Senior Associates at Scottish law firm Morton Fraser. Schwindt, dual qualified in English and Scots law, joins Morton Fraser’s corporate practice from MBM Commercial. She has…

Legal firm Turcan Connell is celebrating its fifth anniversary in Glasgow by recruiting an experienced land and property specialist to service the west of Scotland. The hire of Stuart Gibb as Senior Associate from Wright,…

Scottish Business News Network (SBNN) has added five sector specific weekly newsletters to complement its six geographic newsletters that currently go out daily to a readership of over 7,500. The sectors being covered are Legal,…

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W), an Aberdeen and North-east legal firm, has appointed Allan MacKenzie and Alison Cowperthwaite as solicitors and Anne Harris-Evans as a second year Trainee to its Commercial Property team. Allan…

US firm MedSource has acquire the data services division of Datatrial, a UK based international biometrics and technology company that supports clinical trials. MedSource, a Houston-based clinical research organization, has experienced significant growth in the…

Brodies has promoted corporate lawyer Paul McLaughlin to Partner, bringing the number of Partners at Scotland’s largest law firm to 93. Paul joined Brodies in 2005 and has carried out a wide variety of corporate…

Vialex, the Scottish legal services firm, has signalled the expansion of its transactions business with the hire of another corporate lawyer. Andy Lowe, who has been a partner with Maclay, Murray & Spens since 2013,…

Legal firm Balfour+Manson LLP has strengthened its private client team by hiring Partner Karen Phillips from Brodies. Phillips is a specialist in areas including incapacity law, care and Personal Injury Trusts, which are established to ensure the…

North-east legal firm, Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace has appointed solicitor Loren Kelly to further strengthen its corporate team. Loren’s experience is well-rounded and she’s had exposure to a variety of legal disciplines during her…

Vialex, the legal services company has set out plans to expand its existing client base south of the border. The Edinburgh-based practice has doubled in size to a 30-strong team of specialists in two years…

Brodies is the only Scottish law firm to have achieved a gold ranking in this year’s IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals – a prestigious guide to the leading patent professionals in key…

Independent Scottish Law firm Gillespie Macandrew has appointed Viktoria Wahle as an Associate in its sector-leading Land and Rural Business Team. Viktoria is highly experienced in a wide range of agricultural and rural property matters…

McEwan Fraser Legal is to become the main sponsor of Motherwell FC for the 2017/18 season. The legal firm agreed an initial one year partnership which will complement existing club sponsorship agreements with Dundee, Dundee…

Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern has recruited private client partner David Campbell from Balfour & Manson. Campbell’s arrival marks a further increase in private client expertise at the firm and demonstrates its continued pursuit of…

Stronachs LLP, the full-service law practice headquartered in Aberdeen, has announced the appointment of four new partners through promotion, strengthening its senior team as it responds to positive growth in the economy. The firm, which…

Former Chairman and corporate law specialist Jack Robertson is retiring following a career spanning five decades at law firm Thorntons. Jack, who stepped down from the role of Chairman in November last year, was awarded…

Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), the UK-wide commercial law firm, has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers, including two new partners, as it recognises and rewards the exceptional performance of lawyers across all four…

One of Scotland’s leading independent firm of professional searchers has announced a partnership with recent EiE winners Amiqus Resolution to conduct secure anti-money laundering checks online for conveyancing clients as the latest offering for the…

The merger between international law firm Addleshaw Goddard and Scottish practice HBJ Gateley has completed with new growth opportunities already secured for the combined firm. A driving force behind the merger was the opportunity to…

A special conference is being held in Aberdeen to help landlords facing a 100% tax hike alongside the biggest shake-up of Scotland’s letting industry in 30 years. Tax experts from Anderson Anderson Brown LLP and…

Legal firm Thorntons has expanded its senior team in Dundee and Edinburgh with the appointment of three new partners. Two of the appointments at Thorntons are of existing associates, namely Chris Byrne and Jacqueline Henderson.…

Edinburgh based estate agency Coulters has relocated its legal services team to 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park following a recent merger with HBJ Property. This is the second letting at 3 Lochside Way since the…

A leading north-east law firm is marking twenty years in Cults this June as part of its year-long 175th anniversary celebrations. Mackinnons Solicitors opened an office in Cults in 1997 after a growth in business…

Safestay plc, a provider of premium affordable tourist accommodation in city centre hostels across Europe has restructured its £18.4m debt and refinancing with HSBC. Legal firm Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for the group in this…