Kirsty Preston’s appointment is her second promotion in a year – having made the step up to senior associate 12 months ago.

The latest promotions come on top of 11 others made in April, which included five new partners.

Each of the newly-promoted solicitors – five of whom work in the private client team – begin their new roles today.

The others promoted are:

• Mhairi Cage, director in the private client team in Perth. She was previously a senior associate.
• Kerry Gallagher, director in the Edinburgh-based commercial property department. She has been with Lindsays for 11 years and was previously a senior associate.
• Darren Lightfoot, commercial property director in Edinburgh. He joined Lindsays as a solicitor in 2017 and was most recently a senior associate.
• Stephen O’Hare, senior associate in the private client team in Perth. He was previously an associate.
• Lewis Crofts steps up from associate to senior associate in the Edinburgh-based rural team.
• Eilidh Robertson also becomes a senior associate as part of the rural team in Edinburgh. She was previously an associate.
• Lauren McGhie, private client associate, based in Glasgow. It is her third promotion since joining Lindsays as a solicitor in January last year (2023).
• Caitlin Connolly has stepped up from senior solicitor to associate too as part of the Edinburgh private client team. She started at Lindsays as a trainee in 2018.
• Lesley McKinlay also becomes a private client associate in Edinburgh, having been a senior solicitor with the firm for five years.
• Philippa Abernethy steps up from senior solicitor to associate in the family team, working out of the Glasgow offices. She also first worked with the firm as a trainee.

Alasdair Cummings, Lindsays’ managing partner, said: “I cannot remember another year when we have been able to recognise and reward the hard work, talent and achievements of so many of our colleagues with promotions.

“This is a fantastic reflection not only of the opportunities our firm is able to offer, but of the high quality legal professionals we attract and create a progressive career path for - benefiting them, our firm and our clients.

“Congratulations to each of our newly-promoted colleagues for their richly-deserved success. I very much look forward to working with them in their new roles.”