Gilson Gray has named a new head of its corporate division, with Findlay Anderson promoted to the role to lead the team’s growth in 2024. Mr Anderson joined Gilson Gray in May 2023 as a partner, bringing two decades of experience in senior leadership roles across a range of multinational corpo
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TLT has advised Greater Manchester-based UK Electronics on its transition to employee ownership (EO). TLT’s Edinburgh-based corporate partner Douglas Roberts led the deal, supported by senior associate Nimarta Cheema. UK Electronics, whose premises are in Royton, Oldham, specialises in the man
President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. It is a little over 45 years since Lord Reed’s previous graduation at Edinburgh when, on 14 July 1978, he received the degree of LLB in the company of four others
BTO has announced its latest round of promotions, including four new partners, with effect from 1 December 2023. This news closely follows the addition of new Edinburgh based partners Tim Edward and Euan Fleming in November.
Businesses operating in the UK energy sector should consider how they can use their gender pay gap (GPG) data as a catalyst for change in their organisation, writes Susannah Donaldson. Analysis by Pinsent Masons has found that many businesses in the sector are already taking positive action to
Proposals to help the Gaelic and Scots languages prosper in the years ahead have been set out in legislation today, as Scotland marks St Andrew’s Day. One of the proposals in the Scottish Languages Bill is the creation of new Areas of Linguistic Significance, which would give Gaelic communitie
Addleshaw Goddard has announced that Andrew Johnston has been elected managing partner in an uncontested election for a term of four years, taking effect from 1 May 2024. Mr Johnston joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2013, to lead the firm's M&A practice in the Middle East. He has been a board member
Four out of every five London litigators are now engaged in cases where at least one party is supported by litigation funding, a survey has found. Furthermore, 90 per cent of litigators believe it is time to regulate the third-party finance sector.
Harper Macleod has advised the shareholders of Dalcross Group on its sale to Skytanking UK Ltd. The Dalcross Group provides ground handling, de-icing, lavatory and water services, transportation, fuel services, catering, cargo, baggage, and freight forwarding services at Aberdeen and Inverness airpo
Ledingham Chalmers’ turnover for 2022/23 was £13.4 million – its highest since becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP) in 2006. Group turnover, including subsidiary Ledingham Chalmers Financial, was £14.2m, compared with £13.6m in 2021/22. Pre-tax profit was slig
Burges Salmon has advised on a multi-million-pound funding round to support the launch of the new low-cost digital wealth platform, Prosper. The firm's fintech team, led by Edinburgh-based associate Niall Mackle and partner Alex Lloyd, advised Prosper on its pre-seed fundraising.
The Scottish government’s proposals to reform freedom of information (FOI) are “weak, timid and far from what the public is calling for”, Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has said. Publishing its response to last year’s consultation yesterday, the Scottish government has ruled
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been awarded expenses in relation to action taken to secure files from a solicitor to investigate a complaint against him. The solicitor failed to produce the file until the day before the contempt of court hearing against him first called. The cou
Eildon Housing has appointed Ross Kilshaw and Hannah MacLeod as new board members to its governing body. Ross Kilshaw is managing partner of Cullen Kilshaw LLP, which spans across the Scottish Borders. His specialism is in residential property.
Compass Chambers' James Hastie successfully represented defender Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd at a hearing to determine the issue of expenses in the case of Mujahid Ali & Talib Hussain v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance LTD [2023] SC EDI 35. The defender sought awards of expense
