Leadership: Maclay Murray & Spens CEO Smylie to step down as Shand takes the reins Legal Business After a tough three years Maclay Murray & Spens’ (MMS) chief executive Chris Smylie is to step down from his…
The age of turbulence has only just begun for the UK’s top 100 firms Alex Novarese Respectable, yes, but 2012/13 was a tough year, even by the post-Lehman standards law firm leaders have become accustomed to.…
LB 100 – The second 50: Scattered in the wind Francesca Fanshawe The gulf between success and failure among the firms occupying the second half of the LB100 is as pronounced as…
Financial results 2013: Burness Paull (minus the Williamsons) outstrips Scottish rivals with post-merger results Sarah Downey In the first few months since its eye-catching merger at the beginning of December last year, Burness Paull has climbed…
Financial results 2013: Scottish elite numbers make grim reading as Maclay reveals results Legal Business Following Dundas & Wilson’s announcement last week that its revenues and profits had tumbled dramatically for the second year running, the…
Dundas & Wilson woes continue as it loses private equity duo to Mishcons Sarah Downey Dundas & Wilson has lost private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de Reya, the latest in…
Semple Fraser Appoints administrators David Stevenson Scotland’s Semple Fraser has gone into administration, with Tom MacLennan and Kenny Craig, partners with accountants RSM Tenon, appointed joint…
LB100 Scotland – Flying the Saltire Legal Business One firm in particular again stands out from the morass of misery that has beset the Scottish legal market in…
