The first of the six Baileys Shaw & Gillett partners who are not merging with Speechly Bircham has moved. John Gaymer, property partner at Baileys for 18 years, has joined Bracher Rawlins, which was formed by Baileys defectors Alan Bracher (commercial partner) and Simon Rawlins (litigation partner) three years ago. Fellow Baileys' partner Laurence Kingswood joined Brachers in January.
In brief: Bird Semple partner moves to MacRoberts
Glasgow firm Bird Semple has lost its second department head this year following leading construction partner Lindy Patterson’s decision to move to MacRoberts. Patterson (right) takes her team of two lawyers from the Edinburgh office of Bird Semple to Edinburgh-based MacRoberts, where she will take the role of partner alongside a team of five other […]