Morton Fraser has appointed four new partners across its litigation and private client divisions.
Nicola Edgar and Emma Wood began their legal careers at the firm as trainee lawyers, with the former being a personal injury specialist and becomes a partner within the litigation division, while the latter becomes a partner within the succession and tax team, specialising in estate planning.
Sarah Gilzean is an accredited specialist in discrimination and employment law and becomes a partner in the employment law team, as does Alan Delaney, who is also an accredited specialist in employment law.
All of the four new partners have recently completed the firm's senior leadership assessment and development programme.
The firm has made a further 11 internal promotions across senior solicitor, associate, senior associate and legal director roles.
These other promotions include:
- Hayley Johnson, legal director, litigation (employment)
- Hannah Lawrence, senior associate, property
- Elizabeth Sparks, senior associate, private client
- Nicole Moscardini, associate, litigation (employment)
- Steph Tinney, associate, property
- John Callender, senior solicitor, litigation
- Anthea Chan, senior solicitor, property
- Rowena Claxton, senior solicitor, agricultural and rural property
- David Forrester, senior solicitor, litigation
- Douglas Harvey, senior solicitor, litigation
- Beth Holehouse, senior solicitor, private client
All promotions are in place from 1 June 2023.
Chris Harte, chief executive at Morton Fraser, said: “This year’s promotions reflect our continuing commitment to the development and growth of our people.
“As part of our ‘talent first’ strategy, we seek to attract the best talent regardless of background, and invest in the individual from there.
“We are delighted to recognise this year’s new partners and promotions, and look forward to seeing them continuing to flourish in their new roles.”
Morton Fraser employs more than 260 people across offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with links internationally to a further 160 law firms around the world.
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