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Brodies LLP

15 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HA, SCOTLAND

Tel:: Work 0131 228 3777
Fax:: Fax 0131 228 3878

Web:: www.brodies.com
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Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen

Robin Macpherson

Tel:: Work +44 131 656 0131
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Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Partner who has been involved for over 25 years in a number of landmark cases and has significant experience in corporate, partnership, contract, professional negligence, intellectual property, property, construction and insolvency disputes; accredited by the Law Society as a specialist in insolvency law and in professional negligence; appears in the Court of Session as solicitor advocate.

Career

Trained J & RA Robertson WS 1981-83; qualified 1983; partner Robson McLean 1988-2001; solicitor advocate 1997; partner Brodies 2001.

Member

WS Society; Law Society of Scotland; Solicitor-Advocate; Notary Public; Property Litigation Association; Professional Negligence Lawyers Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Education

Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; Aberdeen University (LLB); Edinburgh University (DipLP).

Leisure

Golf, skiing, interested in most sports.

Practice Areas

Insolvency and corporate recovery; Litigation - commercial; Professional negligence

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