Appointments

Cati Johnstone is joining MacFarlane Young in Paisley. Ms Johnstone will join from McVey & Murricane where she began work as a member of the support staff before becoming a pre-trainee while studying for the LLB at the University of Aberdeen.

Lesley Larg has become the first female managing partner of Thorntons. Ms Larg, an IP specialist, takes over from Craig Nicol, who served as managing partner for 10 years, six of which were as joint managing partner with Scott Milne.

Anderson Strathern has made a trio of senior appointments, with Gillian Harkness-McKinlay, Chris Devlin and James McMillan taking on director roles at the firm.  Ms Harkness-McKinlay joins from Burness Paull and becomes director, public sector and charities; Mr Devlin joins from Shepherd and We

Burness Paull has appointed insolvency lawyer Allana Sweeney in response to the continued growth of its restructuring and insolvency practice. Over the past 12 months the firm has taken lead roles in the insolvency/restructuring processes of high-profile businesses such as Premier Oil, Arcadia, Pizz

Gilson Gray has made a raft of promotions.

Digby Brown Solicitors has appointed two new partners and three associates. Trish McFadden and Matt Leckie were promoted to partners in May following a challenging but successful year for the firm amid the backdrop of Covid-19.

Stronachs LLP has announced a number of promotions. David Marshall of the agriculture and rural team has been made a partner in the firm.  

Two lawyers have been appointed to director posts at the Faculty of Advocates. Astrid Smart QC of Compass Chambers has been made director of quality assurance while Hugh Olson of Arnot Manderson Advocates will take over as director of training and education in July.

Jackson Boyd has announced a number of promotions. Laura Macdonald, who has been with the firm for over 12 years, has been made a partner in the employment team, which she currently leads.

Chiara Pieri has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association following its AGM yesterday. Miss Pieri, a solicitor with Shepherd and Wedderburn, has spent the last two years as vice president of the association.

An eminent Scottish solicitor, who was instrumental in establishing the independence of Malawi, will be awarded honorary life membership of the Law Society of Scotland later today. Colin Cameron graduated in law from the University of Glasgow in 1957 and moved to what was then known as Nyasaland tha

Drummond Miller LLP has announced a number of senior promotions across the firm’s practice areas and offices, including the assumption of three new partners: Sharon Fleming in private client; Sarah Jack in immigration; and Ailsa Meiklejohn in conveyancing and property.

David Coutts has been appointed the head of Simpson & Marwick's new family law department. The Edinburgh-based lawyer joins from Turcan Connell where he was head of their Glasgow team. Before this, he qualified and spent eight years at Anderson Strathern.

Shoosmiths has made seven appointments across several teams in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Lauren Miller, who joins from Shepherd and Wedderburn, has been appointed as legal director in the Glasgow-based real estate team. She adds further expertise in the residential/housebuilder and commercial developme

Seven trainees at MacRoberts will remain with the firm and become newly qualified lawyers in September.  Christie Carswell, Calum Lavery, Douglas Leslie, Michael Gallagher, Sarah Milne, Nicola Kelly, Nikita Sandhu and Sarah Milne will be joining the firm’s construction, corporate fin