SCOTTISH LAW FIRM EXPANDS WITH EDINBURGH MERGER
L-R: Alan Jones, Jacqueline Law, Dianne Paterson and Euan McSherry
Aberdein Considine is set to merge with Edinburgh law firm and solicitor estate agent Russel+Aitken Edinburgh.
The combined businesses – which will trade under the Aberdein Considine brand – will employ over 480 staff and have a turnover of more than £32m.
Russel+Aitken Edinburgh – which is separate firm from the firm’s Falkirk/Alloa and Denny offices – are based in the West End of the capital and can trace its roots back to the 1800s.
The firm provides a wide range of legal services, with a particular focus on property and private client services, as well as dispute resolution. RA Direct, the firm’s lender services division, also serves multiple UK lenders in areas including conveyancing, remortgages, secured loans and further advances.
Aberdein Considine was launched in 1981 and offers property, legal and financial services to private and commercial clients across Scotland and England, in more than 70 practice areas. It operates a national network of 19 offices, with 460 staff spread across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling and Newcastle.
Following the merger, all of Russel+Aitken Edinburgh’s staff will transfer to Aberdein Considine and will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh offices in Multrees Walk, Elm Row and Lothian Road. Its two equity partners, Dianne Paterson and Alan Jones, will join as consultants.
Aberdein Considine managing partner Jacqueline Law said: “Russel+Aitken Edinburgh is an incredibly well-respected firm, with a loyal client bank. We are committed to ensuring that their clients continue to receive a high quality legal and estate agency service.
We are also excited to introduce to those clients, expanded private client services together with additional specialist legal services not currently offered by Russel+Aitken Edinburgh, including industry recognised employment, family law and commercial law services.”
Dianne Paterson, partner at Russel+Aitken Edinburgh, said: “We are looking forward to strengthening and expanding the legal services available to our existing clients, and to participating in Aberdein Considine’s vision for the service they provide in Edinburgh and central Scotland.
We welcome the opportunity to offer additional in-house services to our loyal clients, and will be pleased to help to link our clients to the expertise available in one of Scotland’s largest and best-known legal firms.”