Burness Paull lawyers working across the full range of commercial legal specialisms have been recognised in the 2023 edition of the Legal 500 directory – a leading guide to law firms and solicitors in the UK that is published today.
Thirty-eight of the firm’s practice areas and 62 individuals feature in the authoritative rankings, which reflect months of extensive analysis.
The Legal 500 research team conduct thousands of interviews with private practice lawyers and read through tens of thousands of submissions in order to select the very best lawyers and law firms in the UK. As part of the research, Legal 500 also canvassed the views of more than 40,000 GCs and clients.
Tamar Tammes, managing partner at Burness Paull, said: “Huge congratulations to all those at the firm who have been ranked in this year’s Legal 500 directory. It’s great to see so many of our experts feature in the Hall of Fame and Leading Individual rankings and to have such a strong cohort recognised as Next Generation Partners and Rising Stars.
“This reflects the range and depth of expertise we have at all levels, and the strong commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.”
Leading Individual: Hall of Fame
- Ronnie Brown (Corporate Tax)
- Jonathan Heaney (Banking and Finance)
- Colin Hulme (Intellectual Property)
- Peter Lawson (Corporate and Commercial)
- Grace McGill (Immigration)
- Alan McMillan (Property Litigation)
- Hazel Moffat (Public Sector: Parliamentary and Public Affairs)
- David Morgan (Employment)
- Richard Rennie (Commercial Property)
- Bob Ruddiman (Oil and Gas)
- Richard Smith (Family Law)
Leading Individual
- Graeme Bradshaw (Commercial Property)
- Andrew Christie (Investment Funds)
- David Davidson (Corporate and Commercial)
- Jim Drysdale (Agriculture and Estates)
- Mark Ellis (Corporate and Commercial)
- Alasdair Freeman (Corporate and Commercial)
- Chris Gotts (Corporate and Commercial)
- Lynne Gray (Health and Safety)
- David Goodbrand (IT and Telecoms)
- Richard Goodfellow (Commercial Property)
- Brian Hemming (Oil and Gas)
- Colin Hulme (Media and Entertainment)
- Ashley Jones (Professional Negligence)
- John Kennedy (Banking and Finance)
- Jamie Kerr (Immigration)
- Paula Kennedy (Investment Funds)
- Mark Kirke (Construction)
- Catriona Macallan (Corporate and Commercial)
- Margaret Meehan (Pensions)
- Colin Miller (EU and Competition)
- Gary Moffat (Commercial Litigation; Insolvency and Corporate Recovery)
- Nick Naddell (Commercial Property)
- Graeme Palmer (EU and Competition)
- Sarah Phillips (Pensions)
- Dawn Reoch (Banking and Finance)
- Callum Sinclair (IT and Telecoms)
- John Strachan (Commercial Property)
- Michael Thomson (Insolvency and Corporate Recovery)
- Peter Ward (Energy exc. Oil and Gas)
Next Generation Partner
- Neil Bruce (Energy exc. Oil and Gas)
- Ruaridh Cole (Investment Funds)
- Stephen Farrell (Property Litigation and Sport)
- Andy Forsyth (Personal Injury – Defender)
- Joanna Fulton (Commercial Litigation)
- Lynne Gray (Crime: Fraud)
- Sophia Harrison (Insolvency and Corporate Recovery)
- Claire Macpherson (Personal Tax, Trusts and Executries)
- Jennifer Skeoch (Employment)
- Allana Sweeney (Insolvency and Corporate Recovery)
- Liam Young (Pensions)
- Louise Chambers (Social Housing)
Rising Star
- Amna Ashraf (Immigration)
- Megan Briggs (Intellectual Property; Media and Entertainment)
- Sophie Coffey (Banking and Finance; Energy exc. Oil and Gas)
- Chris Horsley (Projects)
- Andrew McDonald (Commercial Litigation)
- Louise McErlean (Public Sector: Parliamentary and Public Affairs)
- Ruth McNaught (EU and Competition)
- Nikki Weir (Immigration)
- Nicola Williams (Corporate Tax)
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