New Appointments at Tods Murray
Leading independent Scottish law firm Tods Murray LLP has announced that it will retain four of its trainees who qualify as solicitors on 7th September.
James Bryden who will specialise in English and Scottish contentious construction matters will join the Litigation team. Jamie Donnelly will join Capital Projects and Stuart Greenwood will have a split role across Rural Property and Business and Trusts. Sarah Drummond will join the Employment team.
Lynn Beaumont, Knowledge and Training partner at Tods Murray, said:
“I am delighted for these four. They bring a new wave of talent to many areas of our business. Fresh thinking is vital at all levels of the firm and ensures we continue to provide the best level of service for our clients.
“Our trainee programme gives our trainees the chance to experience different areas of our practice, including involvement in business development and client relations management, as well as developing their legal skills.
“Each of them has shown motivation, enthusiasm and dedication throughout their traineeship, and possesses all the right qualities to have a successful career in the legal industry.
James Bryden will be joining Litigation in Edinburgh, working with partner David Rogers and the construction team, specialising in English and Scottish contentious construction.
Jamie Donnelly will be joining the firm's highly successful Capital Projects department where he will be involved in all aspects of their public private partnerships and construction work.
Stuart Greenwood will work with partner Gordon Cunningham, specialising in Rural Property and Business as well as supporting Gordon with Trust work within the private client services and will continue to work with the Charity Law team following his involvement in the team as a trainee.
Sarah Drummond will be joining the firm’s expanding Employment team, working with Martin Thurston Smith and his team handling contentious and non-contentious employment matters for public companies, family businesses, public sector employers, PFI consortia, and individual employees.
Notes to Editor:
1. Tods Murray is a leading independent Scottish law firm, dedicated to providing first rate, innovative and commercially aware specialist advice to companies, institutions and organisations, within both the private and public sectors, and to families, individuals and charities.
2. Tods Murray has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow and has 37 partners.
3. Tods Murray runs a successful summer law school. This is a unique opportunity to sample life as a solicitor, whilst studying for a law degree. One to two week work placements often involve work shadowing, whereas the bespoke Tods Murray eight week programme enables candidates to obtain valuable exposure to various transactions, well beyond what can be achieved during shorter placements. The Tods Murray summer law school lasts for a period of eight weeks and includes weekly training and a payment of £250 per week plus the ability to accrue holiday entitlement. Towards the end of the programme, each participant is offered a traineeship interview for one of our traineeship contracts. Previous summer students have been delighted to return to university with the security of a traineeship under their belts.
4. For more information, please call:
Elizabeth Lambley or Natalie Davidson, Indigo, 0131 554 1230