Brodies LLP

The family team covers child law, including relocation, abduction and surrogacy, divorce and separation, cohabitants' rights, nuptial and cohabitation agreements and international and LGBT+ family matters, and offers mediation, collaboration and arbitration. It is headed by partner Lisa Girdwood, who works from Glasgow and Edinburgh and is accredited in family law, child law and mediation. Fixed fees are offered for certain services.

• Dedicated family law section with child law, divorce and dispute resolution sub-services
• Head of family Lisa Girdwood works from Glasgow and holds three Law Society of Scotland accreditations
• Ranked Tier 1 for Family in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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The divorce page explains grounds, process and timescales for clients in Scotland and abroad, and covers finances on divorce, children and maintenance, with collaboration, mediation and arbitration preferred over court. Fees are usually charged on time spent and explained at the outset, with fixed fee packages for some work. The team is led by Glasgow and Edinburgh based partner Lisa Girdwood.

• Dedicated divorce page
• Accredited family law specialists lead the team
• Family practice ranked Tier 1 in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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Brodies handles sales and purchases of residential property across Scotland and states that it has residential property lawyers in its Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Highlands offices. The page names a small team and links to a price transparency document rather than listing fees. Residential work is a modest part of the firm's overall practice.

• Dedicated residential property page
• Firm states residential property lawyers are based in Glasgow

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Brodies runs one of the larger employment practices in Scotland, mainly advising employers on HR matters, restructuring, TUPE, discrimination and tribunal claims. For individuals it focuses on senior executives, advising on contracts, terminations and settlement agreements. Partner Elaine McIlroy, a ranked employment and immigration lawyer, is listed with a Glasgow number.

• Dedicated employment and immigration page
• Ranked Tier 1 for Employment in The Legal 500 UK Scotland
• Advice offered to senior executives as well as employers

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The wills and estate planning team drafts wills from simple to complex, and advises on trusts, tax, asset protection and planning for loss of capacity, including English wills through a separate team. Glasgow-based partner Norman Kennedy, also a chartered accountant, covers wills, trusts, executries and personal tax. Partner Susanne Batchelor is an accredited trust law specialist. An online will service and pricing information are available.

• Dedicated wills and estate planning page
• Glasgow-based private client partner Norman Kennedy
• Accredited trust law specialist in the team
• Ranked Tier 1 for Personal tax, trusts and executries in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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The executries team handles Scottish and cross-border estates, with dual qualified lawyers for English probate, post-death tax planning, Confirmation, settling debts and taxes and distribution. The page sets out three charging options: a fixed fee based on a percentage of the gross estate, hourly rates, or a fee set by an auditor, and links to a probate calculator. Glasgow partner Norman Kennedy lists executries among his work.

• Dedicated executries page with fee options explained
• Glasgow-based private client partner handles executries
• Ranked Tier 1 for Personal tax, trusts and executries in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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The corporate team handles mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, schemes of arrangement, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, private equity and investment funds for listed companies, owner-managed businesses and individuals with business interests. It is headed by partner Neil Burgess, who is listed with a Glasgow number. The firm reports deals worth over 40 billion pounds over three years.

• Dedicated corporate page with named partners
• Ranked Tier 1 for Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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Immigration work sits within the employment and immigration practice and is mainly for employers, covering sponsor licences, compliance audits and right to work checks. The team also gives personal immigration advice on routes such as Global Talent, High Potential Individual, British National (Overseas) visas and the EU Settlement Scheme. It is led by partner Elaine McIlroy, a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association.

• Employment and immigration page lists business and personal immigration advice
• Head of immigration is an ILPA member
• Ranked Tier 2 for Immigration in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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The litigation practice, a large Scotland-based disputes team, handles complex and high-value commercial, banking, energy, construction, insurance and public sector disputes, including Court of Session and Supreme Court work, and has its own solicitor advocate unit. The page does not identify which litigators are based in Glasgow.

• Dedicated litigation page with an in-house solicitor advocate team
• Ranked Tier 1 for Commercial litigation in The Legal 500 UK Scotland
• Ranked Tier 1 for Contentious trusts and probate in The Legal 500 UK Scotland

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