About
Chair:Christine O’Neill KC
Managing Partner: Stephen Goldie
Number of Partners:100+
International offices – Brodies Middle East LLP has an office in Abu Dhabi
Top 50 UK law firm Brodies LLP is the largest law firm headquartered in Scotland measured by income, directory rankings, and lawyer numbers.
With more than 800 colleagues working across offices in Aberdeen, Brussels, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and London, the firm works with clients in the following core business areas: arbitration; banking and financial services; employment; energy (renewables and oil & gas); litigation; M&A, private equity and IP; real estate; pensions and benefits; personal and family and tax.
Brodies opened its first international arm in the UAE in 2023, with the launch of Abu Dhabi-based Brodies Middle East LLP.
Main Areas of Practice
Corporate & Commercial:
The team advises corporates, public bodies and business owners and has exceptional credentials across a broad range of specialisms – private equity; general M&A; cross-border transactions; regulation and government work; investment funds; public/private partnerships, projects and construction; IP, IT and outsourcing; corporate tax; employment and immigration; employee benefits and pensions.Additionally, there are specialists within the team who focus on the energy sector.
Banking & Finance:
Advising organisations across Scotland, the UK and internationally, the team has significant in-house experience with large financial institutions, and deals with complex and high value transactions, new product development, legal risk management and regulatory compliance. The team has particular expertise in renewables and other energy financing, including oil & gas; shipping finance; securitisation and capital markets; funds financing; re-banking; insolvency and restructuring; corporate borrowing; green finance; asset finance; portfolio sales and purchases; and social housing and care home transactions. Clients include UK and international financial institutions, alternative lenders, funds and corporates operating in all sectors from renewable energy and healthcare to food & drink and real estate.
Real Estate:
Brodies has the largest and most diversified real estate legal team in Scotland, with specialists who operate in every sector of the property market. Expertise includes investment, development and finance; commercial, residential and mixed-use development; out-of-town and high-street retail; leisure; hotels; licensing; land and rural business; land diversification; urban regeneration and construction; outsourcing projects; planning and property litigation.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution:
The firm has one of Scotland's largest litigation practices. This includes 12 solicitor advocates, who appear regularly in the court of session and sheriff courts throughout Scotland. Specialisms include commercial and contractual disputes; health and safety; compliance; insurance; professional negligence; clinical negligence; professional discipline and regulation; risk management; intellectual property and IT disputes; property litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including adjudication, mediation, international arbitration and expert witness. In addition, Brodies has a wealth of expertise in public law and regulation (with extensive experience of parliamentary, local authority, freedom of information and human rights issues), enhanced by expertise in competition law.
Private Client/Personal & Family:
The firm’s private client and family team is known for its core work in estate planning; wills; trusts; tax; divorce; child law; asset protection; charities and executries, in multi-jurisdictional areas, as well as for developing a variety of trust solutions.Additionally, three private client lawyers are dual-qualified in Scots law and the law of England of Wales which allow them to advise clients with cross-border interests in matters of wills and estate planning, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, trusts and succession planning.The firm's family practice includes 26 accreditations across the team, including 9 family law mediators, 12 family law specialists, 5 child law specialists, 2 solicitor advocates, and a family law arbitrator.
Practice Areas and Contacts
Banking & Financial Services:Marion MacInnes, Peter Kelly
Casualty: Laura McMillan, Carly Forrest
Clinical Negligence: Laura McMillan
Commercial Litigation: Joyce Cullen, Iain Rutherford
Competition & EU Law: Charles Livingstone
Construction & Engineering: Jane McMonagle, Louise Shiels
Corporate:Neil Burgess
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency:Peter Kelly, Lucy McCann
Debt & Asset Recovery:Iain Rutherford
Dispute Resolution & Litigation: Louise Shiels, Joyce Cullen, Iain Rutherford
Education:Brenda Scott, Niall McLean
Employment:Tony Hadden, Joan Cradden
Energy:Clare Munro, Keith Patterson, Kirsty Macpherson
Family Law: Lisa Girdwood
Government and Business: Niall McLean
Health & Safety:Clare Bone, Laura McMillan, Duncan MacLean, Victoria Anderson
Immigration:Elaine McIlroy
Insurance:Duncan MacLean, Alan Calvert, Carly Forrest
International Arbitration:Ken MacDonald, Iain Rutherford, Jared Oyston
IP, Technology & Data:Grant Campbell, Martin Sloan, Iain Rutherford
Life Sciences:Grant Strachan
Oil & Gas:Clare Munro
Pensions:Juliet Bayne
Planning & Environment:Neil Collar, Elaine Farquharson-Black, Phil Hunter
Private Client:Mark Stewart, Alan Barr, Susanne Batchelor
Professional Discipline & Regulation:Christine O'Neill KC, Niall McLean
Professional Negligence:Alan Calvert, Alisdair Matheson,
Projects:Stuart Murray
Public Law & Regulation: Niall McLean, Christine O’Neill KC
Real Estate:Johane Murray, Richard Whyte, Tracey Menzies
Real Estate Litigation: Matthew Farrell
Renewables: Keith Patterson, Kirsty Macpherson
Rural Business:Clive Phillips
Shipping:Duncan MacLean, Malcolm Mackay
Tax & Incentives:Karen Davidson, Isobel d’Inverno, Alan Barr
Transport:Duncan MacLean, Karen Hamilton
Sport:Andy Nolan
Offices
Aberdeen office
Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
Aberdeen
AB10 6SD
Brussels office
Scotland House
Rond-point
Robert Schuman 6
1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Edinburgh office
Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
Glasgow office
110 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3BX
Inverness office
Clava House
Cradlehall Business Park
Inverness
IV2 5GH
London office
90 Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BN
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- Web: www.brodies.com
- Tel: 0131 228 3777
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Articles, highlights and press releases
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Seven partner promotions and Inverness office move for Brodies
Brodies appoints seven partners in its latest series of internal promotions and announces the relocation of its Highlands office to Inverness.
Double-digit growth delivers a record year for Brodies
Brodies reports record turnover in its latest annual financial results.
Seven partner promotions and Inverness office move for Brodies
Brodies appoints seven partners in its latest series of internal promotions and announces the relocation of its Highlands office to Inverness.
Double-digit growth delivers a record year for Brodies
Brodies reports record turnover in its latest annual financial results.