Appointments

Pinsent Masons has appointed Glasgow-based Stacey Bairner as its first co-head of innovation and transformation, alongside Claire Francis, to accelerate the firm's existing focus on embedding innovation into service delivery. Head of restructuring, Ms Bairner, has been with the firm for 13 years and

LawCare, the mental health charity for the legal sector, has welcomed Mark Evans as its new chief executive. He joins as the charity approaches its 30th anniversary and looks to reach more people across the legal sector and help make working in law healthier.

Anderson Strathern Asset Management (ASAM) has made its first senior appointment under managing director Arlene Ewing's plans to grow the firm's team and services across Scotland. Jamie Daniels joins the team as senior investment director, bringing 20 years' experience managing investment portfolios

Shakespeare Martineau has promoted David Perdikou from associate to legal director. Based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, Mr Perdikou advises clients on a broad range of commercial property matters, including investment transactions, leasing, development projects and real estate finance.

Kirsten Gallacher has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Young Lawyers Association (SYLA). Amina Amin will remain on the committee as past president. The other committee members who were elected at last week's AGM are:

The lord advocate has appointed Dominic Scullion as the first standing junior counsel to the Scottish government. Mr Scullion qualified as a solicitor in 2012, as a solicitor advocate in 2016 and called to the bar in 2020. He acted for the Scottish ministers for several years as a solicitor before b

Sarah Loosemore has been elected as deputy clerk of the Faculty of Advocates and was formally introduced to members at Parliament House yesterday. Ms Loosemore has a mixed criminal and civil practice, with a focus on criminal appeals, extradition, clinical negligence, public law and inquiries. Since

Burness Paull has appointed energy expert Sarah Vass as a partner to lead the firm’s energy exploration and production (E&P) team. Ms Vass brings extensive experience of the energy sector, having served most recently as general counsel for TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited. Over her time at

Tom Usher is to take up his new appointment as chair of the East Neuk Festival (ENF). Mr Usher, a competition law expert at Burness Paull, has been a board member of the music festival since October 2025. He is passionate about music and he and his family now live in Elie in the East Neuk of Fife. H

Ledingham Chalmers has appointed Sarah Morris as managing partner, bringing 25 years of experience with the firm to the role. Ms Morris leads the firm’s institutional litigation team and has extensive experience advising public sector clients, local authorities and major insurers. Having built

Anderson Strathern has strengthened its dispute resolution team with the promotion of commercial litigation specialist Eilidh MacEwan to partner. A solicitor advocate with more than 10 years' experience, she advises clients across the financial sector on a range of commercial disputes including inso

Gillespie Macandrew has announced three senior appointments with the arrival of Chris Devlin and Douglas Roberts, as partners in planning and corporate respectively, and Nikki Robertson as head of finance.  The appointments take the firm's partnership to a record 30 partners and come as Gillesp

Caroline Smith has joined Weightmans as a partner in the family team in Glasgow. Previously of MTM Law, a niche family law practice, Ms Smith has specialised in family law throughout a 30-year career, advising separating married and unmarried clients on relationship breakdown both on finance and chi

Eleven lawyers at Aberdein Considine LLP working from Aberdeen to Newcastle have been recognised in its latest round of promotions this autumn, including three lawyers who started their traineeships with the firm. In Aberdeen, three experienced residential conveyancing lawyers become associates - Br

Burness Paull has hired hotels and student accommodation specialist Roland Smyth as a partner to boost sector growth from within its real estate team. Qualified in both Scots and English law, Mr Smyth brings considerable experience of commercial real estate and has developed an outstanding reputatio