Appointments

Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC has been awarded the Order of Merit of Ukraine of the III degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  The award was conferred on Ukraine’s Independence Day on 24 August.

Commercial Property lawyer Keith Rawlinson has joined Lindsays. Mr Rawlinson, who lives in Crieff, where Lindsays also has an office, brings with him more than 20 years’ experience of advising in areas including landlord and tenant issues, asset management, and property investment and developm

Addleshaw Goddard has recruited Fiona Cameron as a new partner in its finance team in Glasgow, where the firm it is set to double its office size in January 2026. Ms Cameron, who joins the firm from Shoosmiths, has a focus on real estate finance among a broad finance practice, which includes corpora

MBM Commercial has appointed Jamie Nellany as the firm’s head of restructuring and insolvency. In this new role for the firm Mr Nellany will deliver advice on a full range of restructuring and insolvency matters to the firm’s corporate and commercial clients. He will be based in the firm

Hamiltons Law Accountants has welcomed two new trainee law accountants – Jack Watson and Amy Watson. Both new starts will follow the firm's structured training and development programme, working towards their formal SOLAS qualification.

Gilson Gray has appointed Claire McNaught as legal director in its Glasgow private client team. She brings extensive experience from senior roles at Blackadders LLP and Fulton’s Solicitors, with expertise spanning wills and trusts, estate administration, and tax and succession planning.

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) has announced the appointment of two new trainee solicitors, Logan Morrison and Aidan Melrose, as well as the qualification of Brandon Stein, who joins the firm’s corporate team as a solicitor. Mr Morrison and Mr Melrose will complete their traineeships across the

Alex Robertson, an associate in Allan McDougall Solicitors’ personal injury team, has recently been certified by the Law Society of Scotland as a trauma-informed lawyer. The Law Society's trauma-informed lawyer certification programme was developed to equip lawyers with the necessary skills an

Balfour+Manson has welcomed three newly-qualified solicitors and two trainees to its private client team. Solicitors Forida Begum, Rebecca Taylor and Olivia Fawl have joined the firm with immediate effect, alongside trainees Lucy Connor and Daniel Heaney.

Irwin Mitchell has bolstered its medical negligence services in Scotland with the appointment of partner Darren Deery. Mr Deery, who previously sat on the management board of Drummond Miller, will now head the firm's Scottish medical negligence team.

Perth-based Eden Legal has welcomed Susan Harrison as an associate solicitor. Ms Harrison brings a wealth of experience in private client matters, dispute resolution, family law, and contract negotiation. 

Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed its first-ever summer interns in Scotland. Charlie Phillips and Iona Robertson have each spent two weeks at the firm’s Edinburgh office, gaining valuable insight into life at a law firm.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has bolstered its commercial property team with the appointment of a new associate. Stuart Dickie has joined the team based in Edinburgh’s Hope Street office.

Extended rights of audience have been granted to five new solicitor advocates in a ceremony held at the Court of Session. Law Society of Scotland president Patricia Thom invited Lord Summers to administer the Declaration of Allegiance to the solicitor advocates as they joined the five solicitor advo

Public sector in-house solicitor Anne Stewart has been elected as convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Lawyers Committee (ILC). Ms Stewart, head of legal and corporate governance at the Scottish Social Services Council has worked in-house for more than 20 years and has been a mem