Mergers

Drummond Miller and Peacock Johnston have merged. The 11-strong Peacock Johnston team – six lawyers and five other staff – will join the Glasgow office of Drummond Miller, which has 14 partners and 100 other employees across five offices, including headquarters in Union Street, Edinburgh

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.

Glasgow law firm Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP will become part of Holmes Mackillop Limited on 1 October. The merged business will trade initially as “Holmes Mackillop Solicitors incorporating Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson” and then as “Holmes Mackillop Solicitors”.

Simpson & Marwick has acquired Glasgow-based firm Alston Law part of its expansion across Scotland. Alston Law is best known for its lender services, in particular remortgages and debt and asset recovery, which will remain a distinct specialism.

Charities may have to merge to survive the cash crisis caused by the pandemic, a lawyer has said. Alastair Keatinge, partner and head of charities at Lindsays, said the Scottish government must play a key role in reforming the third sector.

McDonald Johnson Lawyers, a full service law firm based in Newcastle, Australia, has joined DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The deal will see 16 people, including eight lawyers join DWF in Australia. With over 100 years of practice, McDonald Johnson Lawyers specialises in insurance,

Anderson Strathern has struck a deal which will see specialist law practice Hardy Macphail merge its operations with the Scottish legal firm's Glasgow office. Glasgow-based Hardy Macphail has a headcount of 10, including three partners, and has a mix of SME and private clients and specialises in lit

Hastings Legal has announced a merger with Berwickshire firm Doughtys WS. Doughtys WS practised in Ayton for over 150 years and in 2011 the firm moved to Eyemouth.

Five years on from Dundas & Wilson’s combination with CMS, we should not mourn the loss of Scottish law firm brands, writes Allan Wernham. The number of elite Scottish law firm brands have diminished over the last decade, but we should not feel sentimental about the passing of historic nam

Glasgow based accountancy firm Armstrong Watson has joined forces with seven other law firm merger experts across the UK to form the Association of Law Firm Merger Advisers (ALFMA). The launch of ALFMA sees Armstrong Watson join up with Aaron & Partners, Ampersand Legal, Haddon Consult, Haz