Ranking tables
Construction | UK
Scotland
Rankings overview for Departments
- Burness Paull 20 Years Ranked
- Dentons 20 Years Ranked
- Morton Fraser MacRoberts 11 Years Ranked
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
- BTO Solicitors LLP 9 Years Ranked
- Harper Macleod LLP 11 Years Ranked
- Anderson Strathern
- DAC Beachcroft Scotland 1 Years Ranked
- Davidson Chalmers Stewart 10 Years Ranked
- TLT LLP 2 Years Ranked
- DWF
- Ledingham Chalmers LLP
- Alistair McLean Brodies LLP29 Years Ranked
- Christine Worthington CMS10 Years Ranked
- Colin Fraser Pinsent Masons LLP21 Years Ranked
- David Arnott Brodies LLP24 Years Ranked
- Fenella Mason CMS25 Years Ranked
- Kirsti Olson Dentons16 Years Ranked
- Louise Shiels Brodies LLP16 Years Ranked
- Michael Allan Pinsent Masons17 Years Ranked
- Neil Kelly Morton Fraser MacRoberts29 Years Ranked
- Shona Frame CMS19 Years Ranked
- Gavin Paton Burness Paull19 Years Ranked
- Jane McMonagle Brodies LLP10 Years Ranked
- Jennifer McKay Morton Fraser MacRoberts9 Years Ranked
- Jonathan Seddon Morton Fraser MacRoberts18 Years Ranked
- Louise Forster Pinsent Masons15 Years Ranked
- Manus Quigg Brodies LLP16 Years Ranked
- Mark Kirke Burness Paull14 Years Ranked
- Mark Macaulay Dentons22 Years Ranked
- Scott Johnston Pinsent Masons LLP12 Years Ranked
- Euan McLeodShepherd and Wedderburn LLP
- Iain DrummondShepherd and Wedderburn LLP
- Alistair Dean DAC Beachcroft Scotland8 Years Ranked
- Anne Struckmeier Addleshaw Goddard LLP14 Years Ranked
- Caroline Maciver CMS4 Years Ranked
- Christopher Duff Brodies LLP7 Years Ranked
- Euan Pirie Harper Macleod LLP15 Years Ranked
- Fraser Hopkins Beale & Co2 Years Ranked
- Gavin Thomson Morton Fraser MacRoberts3 Years Ranked
- James Forbes Burness Paull8 Years Ranked
- Jonathan GaskellDWF
- Lauren ThomsonShepherd and Wedderburn LLP
- Julia Maguire Pinsent Masons17 Years Ranked
- Michael Conroy Harper Macleod LLP16 Years Ranked
- Mike Barlow Morton Fraser MacRoberts2 Years Ranked
- Simone Young Thorntons Law LLP9 Years Ranked
- Stacey Cassidy TLT LLP3 Years Ranked
- David AndersonShepherd and Wedderburn LLP
- Laura McCorquodaleDWF
- Patrick LoftusAnderson Strathern
- Sarah StuartLedingham Chalmers LLP
- Catriona Kemp Harper Macleod LLP4 Years Ranked
- Christopher Dickson CMS2 Years Ranked
- Gordon Anderson Addleshaw Goddard LLP2 Years Ranked
- Julie Scott-Gilroy Morton Fraser MacRoberts2 Years Ranked
- Kirsteen Milne Brodies LLP1 Years Ranked
- Lisa Dromgoole Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP8 Years Ranked
- Peter Clyde Addleshaw Goddard LLP1 Years Ranked
- Katherine DoranDWF
- Nathaniel BuckinghamShepherd and Wedderburn LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Brodies LLPConstruction2026 | Band 1 | 19 Years RankedBrodies provides advice to contractors and developers on prestigious, high-profile matters. Its non-contentious team is active in the building and engineering sectors, advising on substantial office, public health and mixed-use developments. Its contentious team tackles a range of complex dispute work and is proactive in various methods of ADR as well as litigation. The firm is also involved in large-scale energy and cladding projects.
1 CMSConstruction2026 | Band 1 | 19 Years RankedCMS is well regarded for representing clients across the construction sector. It is adept at providing developers and contractors with advice on commercial development and redevelopment projects. The team is also well placed to assist local authorities with development projects, and has particular strength handling disputes arising from construction and engineering projects, including those in the energy sector. It has additional expertise in infrastructure and private development, both in the domestic market and abroad.
1 Pinsent Masons LLPConstruction2026 | Band 1 | 27 Years RankedAmong the leading firms in the Scottish construction market, Pinsent Masons offers considerable depth of talent in both the contentious and non-contentious spaces. The team has particular proficiency in matters pertaining to the energy industry. It advises high-profile clients from the private and public sectors on major civil engineering projects. It has further expertise in infrastructure and real estate developments.
Band 2
2 Burness PaullConstruction2026 | Band 2 | 20 Years RankedBurness Paull has a strong contentious and non-contentious construction practice with a client base consisting of well-known contractors, local authorities, universities and industry professionals. The firm advises on high-profile development projects and procurement matters as well as complex disputes. It assists with the legal aspects of healthcare, education, port and harbour developments, as well as residential developments.
2 DentonsConstruction2026 | Band 2 | 20 Years RankedDentons advises on complex development matters. It is active in the transport, industrial and real estate sectors, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm acts across an array of high-profile developments in the residential, retail and leisure spheres. It regularly assists clients with arbitrations and proceedings raised in the Court of Session. Dentons is also well placed to provide support on transactional matters.2 Morton Fraser MacRobertsConstruction2026 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedMorton Fraser MacRoberts represents developers and public sector clients. It advises on both contentious and non-contentious construction mandates. It has considerable experience in commercial and residential developments, as well as urban community regeneration projects.
Band 3
3 Addleshaw Goddard LLPConstruction2026 | Band 3 | 15 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard is noted for its work on construction projects in the infrastructure and housing sector. It advises contractors in addition to representing investment funds on acquisitions and funding for major projects. It utilises considerable real estate capabilities to provide comprehensive advice to clients on both contentious and non-contentious mandates.
Band 4
4 BTO Solicitors LLPConstruction2026 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedBTO Solicitors' construction team represents contractors and developers in project development and contracting, as well as disputes concerning defects, damages and design flaws. The firm also has substantial expertise in the insurance sector.
4 Harper Macleod LLPConstruction2026 | Band 4 | 11 Years RankedHarper Macleod has a respected team which advises on engineering and construction contracts. It represents public sector clients and private developers in a range of non-contentious matters. Additional areas of expertise include housing, healthcare and commercial development. The department is also well equipped to handle complex construction disputes, such as defect, damage and negligence claims.
Band 5
5 DAC Beachcroft ScotlandConstruction2026 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedDAC Beachcroft is recognised for it's capacity to act on a range of contentious construction matters. The team is experienced in advising on professional negligence claims, adjudications and construction contract disputes. DAC Beachcroft also has notable experience acting on high-value insurance claims.
5 Davidson Chalmers StewartConstruction2026 | Band 5 | 10 Years RankedRecognised for its strong developer practice, Davidson Chalmers Stewart acts for clients on substantial construction projects. The department is experienced in advising on both residential and commercial developments, with a specific focus on the retail and leisure sectors. It also has experience representing clients in contentious construction mandates.5 TLT LLPConstruction2026 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedTLT has a respected construction practice which specialises in non-contentious, advisory work for entities in the commercial and residential spheres, both in Scotland and England. It also supports public sector clients in the healthcare sector, and private sector clients in the education sector.