Scots law firms finalise £38m tie-up

Burness and Paull & Williamsons are set to create the biggest all-Scottish legal merger, forming a firm with an estimated turnover of around £38 million.

The firms say that the deal – which will create one of the largest firms in Scotland with more than 400 staff, including 60 partners – contrasts positively with other recent merger activity, which has seen McGrigors lose its independence and other ‘big four’ firms abort English tie-ups, reports the Herald Scotland.
Burness chairman Philip Rodney, who will lead the merged firm from 1 December, said the merger would  create a firm with established offices of similar size in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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