Burness Paull lawyers working across the full range of commercial legal specialisms have been recognised in the 2024 edition of the Legal 500 directory – a leading guide to law firms and lawyers in the UK that is published today.

The firm achieved 38 practice area and 70 individual rankings in the Legal 500 2024 directory.

The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world since 1987 and its rankings assess the strengths of lawyers and firms in more than 150 jurisdictions.

Its research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, supplemented by a team of researchers who have considerable experience in the legal market.

Mark Ellis, managing partner at Burness Paull, said: “It’s fantastic to have such a strong cohort of Burness Paull lawyers, spanning the full range of our practice areas, recognised in this year’s Legal 500 directory.

“This is testament to the strength and depth of talent we have right across the firm and at all levels – with a growing group of established, highly respected practitioners being closely followed by the next generation of rising stars.

“We are very grateful to those clients who provided their feedback, which contributes heavily to these rankings.”

Legal 500 Hall of Fame

• Jonathan Heaney (Banking & Finance)
• Richard Rennie (Commercial Property – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Peter Lawson (Corporate and Commercial – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Alasdair Freeman (Corporate and Commercial – Elsewhere in Scotland)
• David Morgan (Employment)
• Richard Smith (Family Law)
• Grace McGill (Immigration)
• Colin Hulme (Intellectual Property)
• Bob Ruddiman (Oil & Gas)
• Alan McMillan (Property Litigation)
• Hazel Moffat (Public Sector – Parliamentary and Public Affairs)

Legal 500 Leading Partner

• John Kennedy (Banking & Finance)
• Alan Cassels (Banking & Finance)
• Dawn Reoch (Banking & Finance)
• Joanna Fulton (Commercial Litigation)
• Gary Moffat (Commercial Litigation; Insolvency and Corporate Recovery)
• Graeme Bradshaw (Commercial Property – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Nick Naddell (Commercial Property – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Richard Goodfellow (Commercial Property – Elsewhere in Scotland)
• John Strachan (Commercial Property – Elsewhere in Scotland)
• Mark Kirke (Construction)
• Mark Ellis (Corporate and Commercial – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• David Davidson (Corporate and Commercial – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Chris Gotts (Corporate and Commercial – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Catriona Macallan (Corporate and Commercial – Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Jennifer Skeoch (Employment)
• Peter Ward (Energy excl. Oil & Gas)
• Graeme Palmer (EU & Competition)
• Colin Miller (EU & Competition)
• Jamie Kerr (Immigration)
• Michael Thomson (Insolvency & Corporate Recovery)
• Paula Kennedy (Investment Funds)
• Andrew Christie (Investment Funds)
• Callum Sinclair (IT & Telecomms)
• David Goodbrand (IT & Telecomms)
• Colin Hulme (Media & Entertainment)
• Brian Hemming (Oil & Gas)
• Sarah Phillips (Pensions)
• Margaret Meehan (Pensions)
• Alasdair Sutherland (Planning)
• Ashley Jones (Professional Negligence)

Legal 500 Next Generation Partner

• Lynne Gray (Crime – Fraud; Health and Safety)
• Claire Scott (Employment)
• Neil Bruce (Energy excl. Oil & Gas)
• Allana Sweeney (Insolvency & Corporate Recovery)
• Ruaridh Cole (Investment Funds)
• Liam Young (Pensions)
• Andrew Forsyth (Personal Injury – Defender)
• Claire Macpherson (Personal Tax, Trusts and Executries)
• Stephen Farrell (Property Litigation; Sport)
• Louise Chambers (Social Housing)
• Fraser MacKinven (Sport)
• Andrew Little (Transport)

Legal 500 Leading Associate

• Sophie Coffey (Banking & Finance & Energy excl. Oil and Gas)
• Emma Maxwell (Charities and Not for Profit)
• Stuart Gardiner (Commercial Property – Elsewhere in Scotland)
• Nicola Williams (Corporate Tax)
• Rachel McKay (Employment)
• Ruth McNaught (EU & Competition)
• Amna Ashraf (Immigration)
• Megan Briggs (Intellectual Property; Media & Entertainment)
• Chris Horsley (Projects)
• Louise McErlean (Public Sector – Parliamentary and Public Affairs)
• David Antonelli (Social Housing)

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