Ranking tables

Partnership | UK

Scotland

This section ranks firms advising investment funds and professional services clients - such as architects, surveyors, accountants and lawyers - on both contentious and non-contentious work related to partnership structures. Representative non-contentious matters include M&A transactions, LLP conversions and the creation of partnership vehicles for corporate or investment purposes. It also includes advice on establishing overseas offices, the drafting of partnership agreements and regulatory matters. Contentious work includes disputes regarding partner exits and team moves, remuneration and retirement issues and investigations into discrimination and harassment.   There is a separate table for those specialising in the representation of medical partnerships.

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Band 1

  1. Brodies LLP
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    Brodies LLP
    Partnership
    2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years Ranked
    Brodies handles a wide variety of non-contentious partnership matters, including the setting up of Scottish limited partnerships, group restructurings, joint ventures and SPVs. Continuing to partner with global law firms on cross-border structuring matters, the firm has the additional ability to advise clients on related regulatory and tax matters.
  2. Burness Paull
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    Burness Paull
    Partnership
    2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked
    Burness Paull's highly reputed team regularly advises clients on a wide range of partnership work, often acting alongside City and international firms. It works with fund clients on their use of the Scottish limited partnership model, as well as advising investors. The team assists an enviable list of clients, including leading private equity funds and international law firms.
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Band 2

  1. CMS
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    CMS
    Partnership
    2025 | Band 2 | 19 Years Ranked
    CMS advises on complex partnership matters throughout the UK, with notable areas of expertise including work in the financial services, banking and energy sectors. The team offers clients the benefit of its considerable national and international network to advise on cross-border issues. It acts for an enviable client roster that includes sovereign wealth funds, blue-chip corporates and large pension funds.
  2. Davidson Chalmers Stewart
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    Davidson Chalmers Stewart
    Partnership
    2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Davidson Chalmers Stewart advises clients on a broad range of partnership matters including the formation of LLPs, merger advice and disputes. In addition to the firm's strong reputation for medical partnership work, the team also handles matters concerning professional, family and agricultural partnerships.
  3. Harper Macleod LLP
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    Harper Macleod LLP
    Partnership
    2025 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Harper Macleod regularly advises international law firms and fund managers on SLPs and LPs, while also assisting City law firms with the use of Scottish partnerships as carried interest vehicles. The team is particularly strong in the real estate sector, where it aids clients with a variety of matters, including partnership structuring.