Addleshaw Goddard is taking its transaction services team (TST) to Scotland, the latest reiteration of the firm’s support service that now generates around £11m of revenue every year. Located within the Edinburgh office, a team of five paralegals will closely assist fee-earners and regional clients in an area that, since the firm’s merger with HBJ Gateley in 2017, […]
Latest accounts reveal that Dentons acquired assets worth £11.5m from Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens in the first full-year results to be published by the LLP since the merger went live in 2017. The UK and Middle East accounts show that Maclays had a revenue of £15.8m prior to the merger, with a net profit of […]
TLT has appointed clean energy specialist Pamela Sealey as an associate in Scotland as part of its UK-wide real estate group and multi-disciplinary clean energy team. She joins from the energy and natural resources team at Scotland-headquartered UK firm Shepherd & Wedderburn, where she completed a year’s secondment as legal counsel at 2020 Renewables (now […]
On the day that DWF announced it had broken into the US legal market, the firm’s Scottish practice has been dealt a blow with the loss of a nine-lawyer team to Shepherd & Wedderburn. Property and infrastructure partners Joanna Hamilton, Anthony McEwan and head of planning Moray Thomson will join the Scottish independent firm bringing […]
Scotland’s Burness Paull has posted its ninth year of consecutive growth, with staff set to be rewarded a 5 per cent bonus. The firm saw turnover rise by 7 per cent from £53.8m to £57.6m in 2017/2018, while net profit increased 8 per cent from £22m to £23.8m. The boost will see the firm pay […]
Ashurst has introduced a new corporate practice into its Glasgow services centre, as it looks on course to reach its target for 300 staff in the next few months. The new corporate practice has been set up through the hire of corporate associate Shaz Ali, who was previously at Glasgow firm Morisons. It will be […]
Burness Paull has settled its long-running £160m professional negligence dispute with Scottish businessman Robert Kidd for an undisclosed sum.
Burness Paull’s longstanding chairman Philip Rodney and managing partner Ian Wattie are set to step down next year, The Lawyer understands.
What does Dentons see in Scotland? One clue is buried in the press release comment from Dentons UK and Middle East CEO Jeremy Cohen, who refers to “smarter resourcing” resulting from its merger with Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens, which went live yesterday.
Ashurst has formalised its flexible working arrangements for UK staff, outlining the options available for lawyers and business support employees.
Dentons is set to merge with Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens, adding 258 lawyers to its UKMEA base and bringing the firm’s global headcount up to 8,695 lawyers.
Shepherd & Wedderburn’s recent run of impressive turnover growth has come to an end, with total revenue falling by 5 per cent from £53m to £50.5m during the 2016/17 financial year.