Brodies has broken through the 60 partner mark after making six partner promotions and seven associate promotions this month.
The promotions see Alix Bearhop, Alex Buchan and Phil Hunter becoming partners in the firm's Property team, while Chris McDaid is made an associate within that team.

In the Litigation team Karen Hamilton is made a partner, while newly appointed associates Beverley Atkinson, Jamie Bookless and Paul Marshall are joined by lateral hires partner Rachel Grant from Semple Fraser and associate Rosie O’Donnell from HBJ Gateley Wareing.

Other new partners at the firm include Roger Cotton in the Projects Group and Lynne Marr in the Employment Group.

New associates include Martin Sloan in Technology, Information & Outsourcing Group, Louise Laing in Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency and Emma Noble in Banking and Financial Services.

Brodies Managing Partner, Bill Drummond, commented: “As always recruiting, rewarding and developing our legal resource is fundamental to the success and growth of the firm. We are delighted to announce these promotions and appointments in line with our ongoing strategy to place legal talent precisely where it’s needed ahead of the market, to best serve the needs of our clients. Recruiting within the Scottish market and bringing great lawyers back to Scotland will continue to be a key tactic in delivering our client-focussed strategies."