
Niall McLean
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Provided by Niall McLean
Career
Niall is co-head of our Government and Business team and is part of Brodies' Government, Regulation and Competition practice. He gives both public and private sector clients advice in a broad range of areas including: environmental law, governance, defamation and reputation management, public law and statutory interpretation.
Niall is a solicitor advocate with extended rights of audience in the Court of Session and has extensive advocacy experience, regularly appearing in court for clients. He is also regularly instructed to manage significant pieces of litigation in the Court of Session including judicial reviews and statutory appeals primarily focusing on planning & environment, local government and education law.
Chambers Review
UK
Niall McLean is a partner and solicitor advocate in the government, regulation and competition practice at Brodies. He is noted for his experience advising public and private sector clients on a range of public law matters, including governance, statutory appeals and judicial reviews.
Niall McLean of Brodies regularly assists with contentious matters on behalf of local authorities. He has strength across a spectrum of matters from sensitive employment disputes and investigations to housing litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Niall is an excellent communicator and always gives clear and pragmatic advice."
"Niall is absolutely excellent and we would consider him an extension of our team."
"Niall is an excellent communicator and always gives clear and pragmatic advice."
"Niall is absolutely excellent and we would consider him an extension of our team."
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