Appointments

CMS has announced the appointment of new partners, Barry Edgar and Fenella Mason, who join its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices respectively. Mr Edgar is a commercial real estate lawyer with extensive experience in advising institutional and private equity clients on investment and development transact

Martin Walker, a partner at Balfour and Manson, has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in regulation of professional conduct law. He acts for a wide variety of professionals referred for a broad range of disciplinary and regulatory matters.

Craig Marshall has been appointed as the new group CEO of Irwin Mitchell, following the loss of former group chief executive officer, Andrew Tucker. Mr Marshall joined Irwin Mitchell in 2007 when the firm merged with Scottish law firm Golds before being appointed chief executive officer of Irwi

TLT has appointed strategy and change consultant Rebecca Shalom as non-executive director to support the delivery of its growth strategy. Ms Shalom has over 30 years’ experience leading transformations and advising leadership teams on strategy, with a particular focus on complex business issue

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has welcomed four new trainee solicitors across two of its Scottish offices.

Scotland’s biggest events campus, the SEC in Glasgow has appointed solicitor Morag McNeill as its new chair. Ms McNeill will replace outgoing chair, Will Whitehorn, who was in the position for nine years. She spent her career as a corporate lawyer and was a senior partner in McGrigors before s

Fifteen new King’s Counsel have been appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. The new appointees are:

Spencer West has expanded its Scottish team and taken offices in Glasgow.

Philip Knight has been appointed as a litigation and arbitration partner in Edinburgh. Mr Knight has extensive experience advising on contractual disputes, real estate disputes, insolvency and director disqualification, licensing, regulatory, professional negligence, interdicts and financial service

Coulters has appointed experienced estate agent, Di Jennings, to its local team. Ms Jennings takes on the role of senior property consultant in Coulters’ East Lothian office, joining area director Sophie Duns. She spent 13 years growing Simpson & Marwick’s estate agency business in t

Dr Daria Shapovalova has been appointed the director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL), following a successful three-year term as co-director with Dr Thomas Muinzer. AUCEL comprises large number of academics, doctoral researchers, and associate members. Over decades, AUCEL mem

Sam Clarke has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner in the real estate finance group. He brings over 16 years’ experience advising financial institutions, developers, investors and listed corporates on real estate finance transactions in the UK and Europe.

Lindsays has strengthened its corporate law team with the appointment of Nicholas Howie. Mr Howie’s legal work is underpinned by a practical corporate background, having worked for the commercial arm of a construction firm and in management roles for an international supermarket retailer befor

Thorntons has welcomed its single largest intake of trainees, as 17 graduates start with the firm this month.

Blackadders LLP has welcomed a new group of 10 trainees to the firm. The latest cohort of eager legal minds have set out on their careers with inductions across the full-service firm’s units including four seats in each of separate departments within the private client and business service gro