Highland lawyer Lisa Law joins Ledingham Chalmers
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Ledingham Chalmers is underlining its ambitious growth plans with the appointment of a new partner in the Highland capital.
Private client lawyer Lisa Law is taking up the senior role as the firm aims to double its turnover to £25 million by 2025.
She is one of only 10 solicitors accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in incapacity and mental disability law — and the only one based in the Highlands.
Originally training as a management accountant, Mrs Law also qualified as a Scottish law accountant in 2000. She began studying law the same year and is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Having lived and worked in the Highlands all her life, most recently she was a legal director, based in Dingwall and Inverness, with law firm Brodies and was previously at Innes and Mackay.
Her appointment is the third hire for the private client team in the Highland capital — and the fourth across Scotland — since Ledingham Chalmers’ acquisition of Inverness legal practice Anderson Shaw and Gilbert (ASG) on November 1, 2022.
Senior associate Suzie Falconer in Stirling, as well as senior solicitor Keir Marshall and paralegal Larah Burke both based in York House in Inverness, joined the team shortly after the ASG deal, which created a business with an annual turnover of around £14 million.
Along with partner JP Campbell, Mrs Law will head up the Inverness private client team, tapping into its expertise, with support for clients including advising on contentious trusts and executries, succession planning for high-net-worth individuals, wills, powers of attorney and guardianships.
Mrs Law said: “Ledingham Chalmers’ fast growing private client team has earned a reputation for offering trusted, strategic advice to clients on matters such as business succession, estate planning, asset protection and trusts.
“My expertise complements that and includes guiding clients through what can be particularly difficult stages of their life, whether the loss of a loved one, navigating choices around handling adult incapacity or assisting with the — sometimes stressful — guardianship order court procedure.”
Managing partner Jennifer Young said: “Our focus on ambitious growth means having the right people in the right place to deliver what we know is a valuable service for clients.
“Lisa’s appointment is the perfect illustration of the way the firm is building on strategic acquisitions, most recently the deal with ASG.
“Not only is Lisa an accredited specialist in incapacity and mental disability law, but she brings with her an exceptional background in private client law.
“Combined with our other recent appointments, we’re adding even more strength and depth to our team to make our growth ambitions a reality. Across the firm, there’s real optimism in what lies ahead.”
Ledingham Chalmers has two offices in the Highland capital. Its York House premises in Church Street are home to all estate agency, conveyancing, and private client personnel, while the corporate, rural, litigation and employment law teams work out of Kintail House. The commercial property team is spread across both offices.
