Appointments

CMS has announced that three of its Scottish-based colleagues have been promoted to partner level. Fiona Henderson, a finance lawyer from the firm’s Aberdeen banking team, joins Glasgow-based David Dennis and Davinia Cowden on this year’s list of global partner promotions.

Ann Leslie, the chief executive of LAR Housing Trust and a former partner at MacRoberts, has been appointed to the board of Historic Environment Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland is the lead body for the historic environment in Scotland and is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) d

The RSE, Scotland's national academy, has appointed solicitor Margaret Morton as director of development to support its strategic priorities and expansion of its work nationally and globally. Previously a senior corporate lawyer and now an experienced fundraising leader, Ms Morton joins the RSE from

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of 11 new directors, including one in Scotland. Edinburgh-based Gregor Hayworth is a dual-qualified dispute resolution solicitor. He advises on major domestic and international energy, infrastructure and construction projects, both onshore and offshor

Chloe Shields has joined Lindsays as a senior solicitor. Previously part of the rural team at Brodies, Mrs Shields, who will be based in Edinburgh, has a strong track record of working with landowners, commercial lenders, private investment funds and asset managers.

Balfour and Manson has appointed Graeme Thomson as its new head of private client. Mr Thomson, who takes up his post today has been a private client partner at the firm since January 2021.

Lady Wise has been assigned by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, to be the next president of the Scottish Tribunals. The current president of the Scottish Tribunals, Lord Woolman will step down from the role on 30 April, before his upcoming retirement in May this year.

Pinsent Masons has promoted five Scotland-based lawyers to its partnership, boosting its sector-focused professional services capabilities. Taking effect as of 1 May, the firm’s 25 new partners are based across the firm’s network, with 14 in the UK, five promoted in Asia Pacific and six

Craig Pike has been promoted to head of Ledingham Chalmers' private client team. Mr Pike joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2005, qualifying in 2007, and was promoted to partner in 2015.

Private client lawyer Alison McKay has been promoted from director to partner at Lindsays, having joined the firm’s Glasgow-based team only two years ago. She is one of six lawyers whose promotions have been announced today – with one director and four more associates also taking up new

MBM Commercial has appointed Michelle Bush and Laura Donald, two senior US qualified attorneys to the firm’s Edinburgh office, strengthening the firm's US commercial law team. Ms Bush has recently moved to Scotland from Maine, where she spent 14 years practising as an employment attorney. Her

Miller Samuel Hill Brown has appointed partner and head of private client, Edward Laverty, as chief executive of the firm. Mr Laverty joined Miller Samuel Hill Brown as a property assistant and has been a partner in the firm for over 30 years.

Blackadders LLP has announced the appointment of Neil Robb as head of the firm’s commercial property team. Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1992, he has practised in Aberdeen acting for a wide range of clients throughout Scotland. He was a founding partner of Plenderleath Runcie, which merge

Thorntons has announced the appointment of seven newly qualified solicitors following their successful completion of its two-year traineeship. The newly qualified solicitors have joined the firm’s commercial litigation, wills, trusts and succession, family law, corporate business and personal

UK-based event ticketing platform, Citizen Ticket, has announced the appointment of former Skyscanner executive Carolyn Jameson as its new chair. Ms Jameson's two decades of leadership experience within the global technology sector includes six years as chief legal officer at Skyscanner where she pl