The promotions have been made in the private client team.

Kirsty Preston makes the step up to senior associate at Seabraes in Dundee. She joined the firm as a senior solicitor in June 2018.

At Caledonian Exchange in Edinburgh, Harriet Waters has been promoted to associate, having begun her Lindsays career as a solicitor in September 2019.

Gillian Smillie, meanwhile, has become a senior paralegal based at Queen Street, Glasgow. She had been a paralegal with the firm for the past six years.

Their appointments take the total number of promotions made across all Lindsays departments throughout this year to nine - on top of 24 external appointments in client-facing roles, including that of new Glasgow-based Corporate Partner Nicholas Howie last month.

They come just four months after the firm completed its biggest merger to date – with Miller Hendry – which saw almost 50 partners and staff from offices in Perth, Crieff and Dundee joining its fold.

Managing partner Alasdair Cummings said: “Our people are Lindsays’ key asset. We pride ourselves on not only encouraging new talent to come to us, but the opportunities we then provide for career advancement – investing in their future and ours.

“Kirsty, Harriet and Gillian’s promotions are very well deserved – testament to their hard work and the high standards of service our firm strives to provide for people and businesses. Congratulations to each of them.”