Ranking Table

Real Estate

This table recognises leading law firms and lawyers advising on all aspects of non-contentious real estate work relating to both commercial and residential property, including investment transactions, development, corporate structuring, acquisitions, portfolio management, and landlord and tenant matters. Ranked law firms and lawyers advise institutional landlords, property companies, developers and commercial tenants, as well as private landlords and tenants. This section is divided into two tables for firms handling work up to £10 million and those where work is more commonly £10 million and above. The table covers all of Scotland and contains the leading law firms and lawyers in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, elsewhere.
How rankings work
How rankings work

  • Senior Statespeople

    Douglas Lamb

    Douglas Lamb

    Morton Fraser MacRoberts

    18 years ranked

    Paul Haniford

    Paul Haniford

    Thorntons Law LLP

    29 years ranked

  • Eminent Practitioners

    Allan Wernham

    Allan Wernham

    CMS

    22 years ranked

    Andrew Chalmers

    Andrew Chalmers

    Davidson Chalmers Stewart

    15 years ranked

    Katharine Hardie

    Katharine Hardie

    Pinsent Masons LLP

    18 years ranked

  • Band 1

    Johane Murray

    Johane Murray

    Brodies LLP

    16 years ranked

    Richard Rennie

    Richard Rennie

    Burness Paull

    25 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Andrew Hall

    Andrew Hall

    Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

    12 years ranked

    David Mitchell

    David Mitchell

    Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

    20 years ranked

    Drew Wallace

    Drew Wallace

    DLA Piper Scotland LLP

    23 years ranked

    Nicholas Naddell

    Nicholas Naddell

    Burness Paull

    19 years ranked

    Paul Carter

    Paul Carter

    CMS

    22 years ranked

    Richard Whyte

    Richard Whyte

    Brodies LLP

    17 years ranked

    Robert Forman

    Robert Forman

    Burges Salmon LLP

    5 years ranked

    Kenneth Irons

    Gillespie Macandrew LLP

  • Band 3

    Alastair Cowan

    Alastair Cowan

    Addleshaw Goddard LLP

    9 years ranked

    Brian Hutcheson

    Brian Hutcheson

    Dentons

    9 years ranked

    Colin Morrison

    Colin Morrison

    Brodies LLP

    18 years ranked

    David Stewart

    David Stewart

    Burness Paull

    14 years ranked

    Gavin Maclean

    Gavin Maclean

    Davidson Chalmers Stewart

    13 years ranked

    John Meehan

    John Meehan

    Harper Macleod LLP

    16 years ranked

    Miles Ede

    Miles Ede

    Addleshaw Goddard LLP

    19 years ranked

    Paul Jennings

    Paul Jennings

    Aberdein Considine

    18 years ranked

    Robin Mitchell

    Robin Mitchell

    Shoosmiths LLP

    8 years ranked

    Russell Munro

    Russell Munro

    Pinsent Masons LLP

    20 years ranked

    Scott Peterkin

    Scott Peterkin

    Burness Paull

    12 years ranked

    Scott Ritchie

    Scott Ritchie

    Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

    15 years ranked

    Simon Etchells

    Simon Etchells

    gunnercooke

    24 years ranked

  • Band 4

    Allan Cairns

    Allan Cairns

    Brodies LLP

    4 years ranked

    Bruce Lancaster

    Bruce Lancaster

    Davidson Chalmers Stewart

    4 years ranked

    Chris McDaid

    Chris McDaid

    Brodies LLP

    5 years ranked

    Chris McLeish

    Chris McLeish

    Morton Fraser MacRoberts

    9 years ranked

    Emma Gray

    Emma Gray

    Blackadders LLP

    11 years ranked

    Hugo Allan

    Hugo Allan

    Thorntons Law LLP

    12 years ranked

    Janette Speed

    Janette Speed

    Shoosmiths LLP

    13 years ranked

    Kelsey Gibson

    Kelsey Gibson

    Morton Fraser MacRoberts

    13 years ranked

    Michael Ramsay

    Michael Ramsay

    Morton Fraser MacRoberts

    3 years ranked

    Paul Mason

    Paul Mason

    Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP

    4 years ranked

    Richard Goodfellow

    Richard Goodfellow

    Burness Paull

    22 years ranked

    Scott Buchan

    Scott Buchan

    BTO Solicitors LLP

    9 years ranked

    Tracey Menzies

    Tracey Menzies

    Brodies LLP

    14 years ranked

    Anne McGregor

    Anderson Strathern

    David Ratter

    DWF

    Derek Nash

    Lindsays

    Kenneth Gray

    Lindsays

    Ruth Maclean

    Anderson Strathern

  • Band 5

    Caroline Shand

    Caroline Shand

    Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

    2 years ranked

    David Orr

    David Orr

    Aberdein Considine

    2 years ranked

    Finlay Campbell

    Finlay Campbell

    DLA Piper Scotland LLP

    1 year ranked

    Fiona Linklater

    Fiona Linklater

    Eversheds Sutherland

    1 year ranked

    John Strachan

    John Strachan

    Burness Paull

    3 years ranked

    Kirsty Nicholson

    Kirsty Nicholson

    Addleshaw Goddard LLP

    2 years ranked

    Nicola Scott

    Nicola Scott

    Burness Paull

    2 years ranked

    Steven Dick

    Steven Dick

    Eversheds Sutherland

    2 years ranked

    Greg Peebles

    Gillespie Macandrew LLP

  • Up and Coming

    Aimee Gibbons

    Aimee Gibbons

    Thorntons Law LLP

    3 years ranked

    Lizzy Enayati

    Lizzy Enayati

    Davidson Chalmers Stewart

    3 years ranked

    Sarah Jack

    Sarah Jack

    Thorntons Law LLP

    4 years ranked

  • Associates to watch

    Alisdair Jamieson

    Alisdair Jamieson

    Eversheds Sutherland

    2 years ranked

Related Rankings: Real Estate

  • Real Estate: up to £10 million - Scotland
  • Real Estate: £10 million and above - Scotland

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