Dundas & Wilson has poached real estate lawyer Paul Carter from Tods Murray to join its Glasgow office. Carter has been a Partner at Tods Murray since 2000 and his appointment at D&W sees the firm\'s pratner numbers rise to 78. Carter’s remit will be to further develop D&W’s portfolio of institutional investor property clients throughout the UK, whilst supporting D&W’s existing clients in Real Estate generally. This appointment further reflects D&W\'s commitment to continuing to grow its practice throughout the UK in its key areas. D&W managing partner Donald Shaw said: “Real Estate is a core industry for D&W and Paul is noted as a leading individual in commercial property in Chambers 2007 Directory. We are delighted that he has decided to join our Real Estate team, praised in the same directory for its ‘…enormous breadth….and impressive client base’.” Carter added: “D&W’s real estate team has a fantastic reputation in Scotland and that is rapidly being replicated throughout the UK as the team develops the opportunities which are out there in the market. I see this as a great personal opportunity for me and very much look forward to being part of that team.”