Fraser Hopkins > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
BTO Solicitors LLP Offices
48 ST VINCENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 5HS
United Kingdom
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Fraser Hopkins
Work Department
Construction
Position
Fraser is recognised by the Law Society of Scotland as an Accredited Specialist in Construction Law (first Accredited in 2010). He is a specialist in risk and construction disputes with vast experience in working on high profile building and infrastructure projects across the UK for a mix of contractors, developers and construction professionals.
Highly regarded in his field, Fraser leads BTO’s contentious and non-contentious construction team.
Career
Legal traineeship and thereafter Solicitor, C-A Petrie & Co., Dunfermline (1996 – 1999), Solicitor and thereafter Senior Solicitor, Alex Morison & Co./Morison Bishop/Bishops (1999 – 2005); Solicitor and thereafter Associate, Dundas & Wilson (2005 – 2010); Senior Associate, McGrigors/Pinsent Masons (2010 – 2019); Partner, BTO Solicitors LLP (2019 – present)
Languages
English
Education
University of Strathclyde – LLB (Hons); University of Strathclyde – Dip LP; Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde – LLM in Construction Law
Personal
Keen road cyclist.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Real estate > Construction
BTO Solicitors LLP‘s contentious expertise attracts a mixture of insurers, housing associations, contractors and developers and translates into regular instructions arising from design and construction defects, contract terminations and insurance-related issues. Practice head and construction dispute expert Fraser Hopkins is an essential contact in this space. Senior associate Michael Kitson anchors the team’s non-contentious work, which is often embedded in a transactional context.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction