Appointments

Natasha Brownlee has joined Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) as a managing associate in its banking and financial services team in its Edinburgh office. Ms Brownlee joins from the Sainsbury's Bank and Argos Financial Services Group where she provided legal advice to the business on a wide range of regula

Rachel Grant has been appointed to lead Manolete Partners plc's Scottish practice. Ms Grant's appointment to the insolvency litigation financing company follows its IPO on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) in December 2018.

Pinsent Masons has announced that four Scottish lawyers will be promoted to legal directors. Glasgow-based Susannah Donaldson, Elaine MacGregor and Katherine Metcalfe and Edinburgh colleague Pamela Gilmour make the step up from senior associate level.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced growth in Inverness with seven new recruits and an office expansion. Broadening the law firm’s service offering, the raft of new hires sees staff numbers hike from 18 to 25 while the premises have been extended to almost 3,000sqft.

Gilson Gray has promoted two of its team to partner. Sally Nash has been promoted within the family law team while John Fulton has been made partner within the firm’s real estate department.

Shoosmiths has announced two promotions and a senior level lateral hire within its real estate and corporate teams. Sheelagh Cooley, a specialist in real estate finance who joined Shoosmiths as a senior associate in 2014 has been promoted to partner.

Brodies has unveiled six new partners as a result of its latest round of promotions. Aberdeen-based Leigh Gould, Rhona McFarlane and Fiona Herrell step up to partner in their respective areas of personal and family, corporate and commercial (oil & gas) and employment while Edinburgh-based L

TLT is promoting five to associate in Scotland in recognition of their continued hard work across the firm and for clients. The promotions include Sarah Ainslie, Michael Collins and Joanna Sykes in the financial services team, and Michael McDougall and Alison Smith in the licensing team.

David Flint has joined Inksters in Glasgow after 40 years, latterly as senior partner, at MacRoberts. Mr Flint has a wealth of experience as a commercial lawyer and specialises in all aspects of non-contentious intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on computer-related contracts and i

MacRoberts has promoted two new partners internally to further strengthen its banking and pensions teams. James Keith started his legal career as a trainee with MacRoberts in 2003, and continued his career at the firm after qualifying in 2005.

Global law firm CMS has promoted Scottish lawyers Paula Kidd, Carol Nisbet, Mark McMurray and Jenny Walker to partner as part of its largest-ever round of global partner promotions. Ms Kidd and Ms Nisbet, both based in Aberdeen, have been promoted to partner in the oil & gas and real estate team

Morton Fraser has announced the appointment of Stuart McWilliams and Catriona MacPhail as partners in its immigration and private client divisions. Mr McWilliams, who has played a key role in developing the firm's immigration offering as a senior associate, becomes a partner in the immigration team.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the promotion of Judith Stephenson and Douglas Sinclair to partner, as well as the promotion of four senior lawyers to legal director. Ms Stephenson is a property and infrastructure specialist who joined the firm's Glasgow office as an associate in 2014, while M

Bristol-based Burges Salmon has announced the launch of its first Scottish office in Edinburgh as it seeks to expand its existing Scottish practice. The firm has appointed Danny Lee, Robert Forman and Craig Whelton as partners in the new office, which will officially open its doors in May.

Solicitor Carol Gammie and advocate Laura Reilly have been appointed to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) for a four-year term. Ms Gammie is a solicitor, trained with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) before practising criminal defence in Kilmarnock for a num