Appointments

DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Allan Leal as a partner based in Edinburgh. Mr Leal has joined the firm’s finance practice from Burness Paull, where he has been a partner since 2018.

Laura McCallum has been appointed general counsel of Aberdeen Football Club. She joins the club from Dundee United FC where she previously held the post of head of football administration and legal affairs, overseeing all legal and football regulatory matters.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced a number of promotions across its offices in Scotland. Planning expert Nicola Martin, who is based in Edinburgh, is stepping up to the role of partner. Ms Martin, who is dual-qualified, specialises in advising on residential and renewable energy pro

Alastair Smith takes up his new role as a director at Lindsays from today, while Darren Lightfoot and Brian Pollock have become senior associates. Mr Smith’s directorship is in the corporate and technology team and he is based across the firms’ offices in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. H

Charmaine Trainor has been promoted to executive director at Scullion LAW. Ms Trainor began her career at Scullion LAW nine years ago and has progressed from working in the firm's reception.

Thorntons has welcomed six further trainee solicitors this September. This follows an earlier intake of ten trainees in March of this year.

Shoosmiths has announced that three partners of the firm have been appointed to managerial roles within its operations. Janette Speed, real estate partner and previously head of Edinburgh has been officially named head of Scotland for Shoosmiths. She will assume overarching responsibility to spearhe

Aberdein Considine has boosted its dispute resolution team with the appointment of a banking and commercial litigation specialist in Aberdeen. Elaine Elder, who is currently an associate with Aberdein Considine and is based in the Granite City, is joining the firm’s nationwide dispute resoluti

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has appointed three built environment leaders to its board. Ainslie McLaughlin, Michaela Sullivan and Karyn Watt have joined the governance board to help drive innovation across Scotland’s built environment and support the sector’s sustainab

Pacitti Jones has acquired estate agency Penworth Properties, based in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. Penworth Properties was founded over 10 years ago by local businesswoman Beth Penman.

Ian Beattie, the chief operating officer of Lindsays, has been named as the new chair of UK Athletics. He will take on the role in October, as his time in the same role at scottishathletics comes to a close after its maximum nine-year period.

Perthshire law firm Macnabs has recently recruited a new trainee to take the total current trainee intake to four. Megan Carling has joined the family team at Macnabs after graduating from Aberdeen University with an LLB and completing her diploma at Strathclyde University.

Mackinnons LLP, solicitors of Aberdeen, Cults and Aboyne has added experienced property lawyer Gregor Sim to its team to support clients in dealing with title issues, servitude work, commercial site development work and servitude/boundary issues. Previously a partner with James and George Colli

Pictured: Michael Watson (left) and Euan McVicar Pinsent Masons has bolstered its climate change team with the appointment of two lawyers to senior positions.

Strathclyde Law School's Centre for Law, Crime & Justice will lead a new study into the quality of sentencing data. Commissioned by the Judicial Council of the Republic of Ireland, Professor Cyrus Tata will lead an international team of experts to examine the quality of available data about sent