Lindsays appoints employment specialist as Partner

Lindsays today welcomed employment law and discrimination law specialist John Lee to their employment team in Edinburgh as Partner.

The Edinburgh-based firm now has a total of 33 partners and 184 staff across its four offices in Scotland.

John, who is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment and discrimination cases, is experienced in advising a wide variety of commercial clients and has appeared extensively before employment tribunals, the employment appeal tribunal and in Court litigation for employers across the UK.

He was admitted as a solicitor advocate in 2006.

Alasdair Cummings, managing partner at Lindsays, said: “I am delighted to welcome John to Lindsays Employment team. His appointment reflects the growing demand for our legal services in this area and will further enhance the services we already provide to our clients.”

John added: “Lindsays has an excellent reputation and I am excited to be joining such a well-respected and long-established firm as it celebrates the landmark of its 200th anniversary.

“I am looking forward to working with Head of Employment Ben Doherty and the rest of the team to develop our employment law offering.”