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SSE has appointed a new legal panel following a review which began in September 2019. The appointment of the new panel follows SSE’s increased alignment of its wider business strategy to focus on low carbon assets and infrastructure and delivering a low carbon future. SSE’s original lega

TLT has expanded its international trade team with the appointment of EU, regulatory and trade expert Ayla Skene as of counsel. Ms Skene has spent time in Canada and has experience advising clients internationally. Ms Skene brings expertise in subsidies, competition, public procurement and public la

TLT has advised clean energy investor Blackfinch on the acquisition of 12 operational onshore wind projects, adding to its growing renewable energy portfolio. The wind projects, located across England and Scotland, were acquired from Harmony Energy and whilst there were some private wire elements, t

TLT has announced Gareth Oldale as its head of privacy and cybersecurity. Mr Oldale will have a particular focus on expanding TLT’s service offering in this area, including the use of legaltech to help solve clients’ challenges in this complex area of the law.

A Wetherspoons recently failed "test purchases" where police sent cadets into pubs to try and play gaming machines, to see if they would be asked for ID. The venue has had its gaming machine permit revoked as a result. This is the latest in a number of recent developments in this area that clearly p

TLT has secured a new licence for the first new bar in Port Glasgow since the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 came into force in 2009. Trading as The Caledonian, the bar opened to the local community on Friday 13 December. The application had attracted objections from the NHS, licensing standards and

TLT has appointed Andrew Webber as its new UK head of corporate. Mr Webber replaces partner John Wood who led the corporate team for 16 years before being elected to serve as the firm's new managing partner from April 2020.

TLT has advised Q-Park, one of Europe's leading parking service providers, on the sale and leaseback of three Scottish car parks. The deals are part of a national disposals programme that TLT's specialist real estate team has acted on and involved international elements, careful attention to timesca

UK law firm TLT has elected its first new managing partner in 19 years, with corporate head John Wood winning support from the firm's partnership. Mr Wood will replace the firm's long-standing managing partner David Pester who has decided to step down at the end of his sixth term in office. Mr Wood

TLT has secured the first ever temporary licence issued by the Perth & Kinross licensing board following a hearing on 4 July 2019 for the Lochside Cottage premises at Taymouth Marina. Taymouth Marina is a high-end self-catering and leisure resort on the banks of Loch Tay. In February 2019 the pr

TLT has further grown its UK-wide banking and finance team with the appointment of Catharine MacDonald, who joins from Ashurst as legal director in Glasgow. Ms MacDonald will work alongside banking and finance partner Douglas Gourlay, who joined TLT in June 2018 as part of an ongoing expansion in Sc

TLT has obtained a permanent 3am licence for LIQRS, a late night bar premises in Dumfries town centre. The firm convinced the Nithsdale division of the Dumfries & Galloway licensing board to grant the request as an exception to its own policy which caps trading hours at 2am in the town.

TLT has secured a provisional licence for the proposed Ardgowan Distillery & Estate in Inverkip, at a hearing of the Inverclyde Licensing Board on 6 June 2019. The Ardgowan Distillery & Estate will be a multi-million pound project creating a brand new distillery and wider tourist destination

TLT has grown its UK-wide corporate team with the appointment of Kirsty Smith as legal director in Glasgow, who joins from DWF. She joins Damien Bechelli, who moved to TLT as partner, also from DWF, in November 2018.

TLT’s head of licensing (Scotland), Stephen McGowan, has secured a new licence for the San Vincenzo Italian restaurant and delicatessen in Bothwell – overcoming a previous refusal, trade opposition and the licensing board policy on overprovision which had declared the Bothwell locality a