Malcolm Mackay > Brodies LLP > Aberdeen, Scotland > Lawyer Profile
Brodies LLP Offices
Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
ABERDEEN
AB10 6SD
Scotland
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Malcolm Mackay
Work Department
Shipping and transport / dispute resolution and regulatory.
Position
Malcolm has advised clients and represented clients in court for over 20 years. A Solicitor Advocate, who is well placed to represent clients’ interests but one who helps clients to pick the right battles. He provides thoughtful advice so clients can weigh up risk and then helps to deploy the right tactics to secure the best result pragmatically and commercially.
Based in Aberdeen, Malcolm and the team help clients across the marine spectrum resolving issues and claims relating to family owned fishing businesses through to international DSV or drilling contractors and operators. Malcolm has led on resolution of multiple offshore wind construction incidents helping guide clients through Health & Safety investigations and 7 figure claims. He and the team have many years of “know-how” handling issues (top side and subsea) for contractors, operators or their insurers with all manner of drilling, diving or marine incidents, oil spills/hydrocarbon release or contractual/tort claims. Malcolm has a UKCS BOSIET (offshore survival) certificate to provide clients legally privileged support offshore. Malcolm and his team also regularly support clients in other parts of the marine and transport sectors including ports and aviation.
Career
Trained Hardy Macphail, Glasgow; qualified 2001; solicitor Mackinnons, Aberdeen 2002-04; solicitor, associate and partner Balfour & Manson LLP, Aberdeen 2004-11; partner Brodies LLP 2011 to date.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland; Society of Solicitor Advocates; Aberdeen Bar Association; Society of Advocates in Aberdeen.
Education
Aboyne Academy; Aberdeen University (LLB 2(1)); University of Glasgow (Diploma in Legal Practice).
Leisure
Family, sports (golf/cycling/snowboarding), cooking.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: defender
Known for its ‘good quality work and experienced practitioners’, the workload of Brodies LLP‘s liability claims defence team includes catastrophic and foreign claims as well as construction and high-risk workplace matters. Co-head Carly Forrest in Glasgow is well versed in catastrophic injury work as well as fatal claims, and continues to handle highly sensitive and high-value matters, while Edinburgh-based fellow co-head Laura McMillan‘s broad practice includes a notable specialism in historic asbestos disease claims. Duncan MacLean heads the insurance and risk practice; he and Malcolm Mackay are both noted for their expertise in marine and offshore sector claims.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Investment funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public sector > Parliamentary and public affairs
- Insurance > Personal injury: defender
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
- Employment > Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport