Janette Speed

Simon Dawes has joined the firm as a legal director in Edinburgh while Simon Mayberry has joined the employment team as a senior associate. Angela Robertson has also joined the Edinburgh office as an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team.

The Glasgow office has added to its headcount with the appointments of Calum Stacey as a legal director in the commercial team, Rachel Munro as a senior associate within the real estate team and Pavan Sumal as an associate in the employment team.

Janette Speed, real estate partner and head of Scotland for Shoosmiths, said: “Our Shoosmiths teams in Scotland are delighted to welcome our new colleagues to their respective Edinburgh and Glasgow offices, where I am very confident they will quickly play their part in providing our growing roster of blue-chip clients with the benefit of their specialist knowledge and sectoral expertise.

“Our continued investment in top-class legal talent further underscores Shoosmiths’ strategy to grow our reputation as the ‘go-to’ firm for premium legal advice in Scotland, where we are increasingly pre-eminent in the real estate, corporate, commercial, employment and litigation sectors.”