Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted seven of its lawyers to partner and 10 to legal director.
The newly-assumed partners are Neil Cowan (banking and finance), Emma Guthrie (property and infrastructure), Lucy Hall (banking and finance), Magda MacLean (planning and environment), George McKinlay (property and infrastructure), Keith McLaren (private wealth and tax) and Emma Robertson (rural).
Cowan joined the firm’s banking and finance team in 2014 and became a director in 2020. He has a broad practice area covering commercial banking, mortgage portfolio transfers, property and acquisition finance, securitisation and structured lending.
Guthrie joined in 2013, becoming a senior associate in 2021. She has a range of experience, advising on all aspects of commercial property, including developments, leasing, asset management, acquisitions, disposals sand finance.
Hall joined Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team in 2012, becoming a director in 2020. She specialises in acquisition and property finance and advises on deals with complex structures and often with international aspects.
MacLean joined the planning team in 2018, becoming a senior associate in 2021. She advises on contentious and non-contentious planning and environmental matters, consenting strategies and energy consenting.
McKinlay became a director in 2019 and specialises in commercial property work, dealing primarily with property investment, development, regeneration and leasing.
McLaren joined Shepherd & Wedderburn in 2021 as a director in the private wealth and tax team. He advises individuals, families and trusts in relation to succession planning, asset protection, inheritance tax mitigation, executries and incapacity.
Robertson joined the rural team as a senior associate in 2017. She advises on all aspects of agricultural tenancies, and also deals with the purchase and sale of estates, farms and other rural properties.
Heather Bird (private wealth and tax), Kirsty Headden (pensions), Suzanne Knowles (restructuring and business advisory), Ashley McLean (media and technology), Laura McMillan (commercial disputes), Stephanie Mill (planning and environment), Gillian Moore (employment), Emma Paton (planning and environment), John Vassiliou (immigration) and Sarah Walker (commercial disputes) have also been promoted to the post of legal director.
The firm's managing partner Andrew Blain said: “These appointments recognise our lawyers’ specialist expertise, their knowledge and understanding of the sectors in which they operate, and their ongoing commitment to supporting our clients with legal services of the highest quality.
“We wish them every success as they embark on the next stage of their careers and thank them for their continued commitment to the firm and our clients.”
Shepherd and Wedderburn is an independent Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London and Dublin.
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