Macroberts

Commercial law firm MacRoberts has strengthened its corporate finance and employment practices with the promotion of two new partners. Bonar Mercer specialises in corporate law, focusing on transactional work including mergers, acquisitions and investments. He advises on transactions across numerous

Scottish commercial law firm MacRoberts has posted a 10% rise in turnover in the financial year to 30 April 2022 to £20.6 million. The firm’s profits rose by 17% for the same period. Highlights include an exceptional year from the firm’s credit management specialist Yuill+Kyle, a p

Commercial law firm MacRoberts has announced the appointment of Jonathan Gaskell as a partner and Rod Hutchison as a legal director. Mr Gaskell is an experienced construction lawyer specialising predominantly in transactional matters. His work involves all aspects of non-contentious work, from initi

Katy Wedderburn, head of MacRoberts LLP's employment team, discusses the UK Government's proposal to introduce a mandatory duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment. The UK has had legislation making sexual harassment unlawful towards employees, workers carrying out work personally and job appl

Law firm MacRoberts is to take up new premises in Edinburgh in the coming months. The firm will move to a new office at 10 George Street to support its focus on hybrid working.

MacRoberts' Corporate Finance team was awarded 'Highly Commended' in the M&A Team of the Year (Mid-Sized Deal) category at the British Legal Awards. The British Legal Awards are the leading awards for the UK’s business law community, acting as a platform for the achievements of the best la

Independent commercial law firm MacRoberts has welcomed a number of new clients to the firm as a result of recent competitive tendering exercises. In the private sector, the firm has been appointed to act for CALA Homes as part of a select panel of legal advisers.

MacRoberts has helped win an £18 million investment for emerging Scottish energy company Together Energy. The deal, which has been secured from Warrington Borough Council, will see the council take a 50 per cent shareholding in the business. The council was attracted to the Glasgow-based compa

Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland, a legal director specialised in Employment law at Macroberts, writes about the recent introduction of The Enterprise Act 2016, examining the main aims, the controversy attracted by some of its provisions and whether there is scope for further regulations to b