Capital legal services outfit looks south

An Edinburgh-based legal services company whose clients include online retailer Atterley and craft beer maker Innis & Gunn has outlined plans to expand south of the Border.

Vialex, which was set up in 2010 by former Dickson Mintocolleagueskeithanderson and Keith Dinsmore, has doubled in size in the past two years to a 30-strong team of specialists. Other clients include Marlow Foods, the owner of the Quorn brand, distiller and blender Loch Lomond Group and technology outfit Purelifi.

The firm says it offers the equivalent of a senior in-house legal advice service across a range of disciplines and sectors without the fixed overheads and “potentially narrower skillset associated with salaried staff ”.

Vialex moved into new premises in the capital’s Atholl Crescent last year after outgrowing its previous offices.

Three senior members of the team driving new business are: Seona Burnett, director, legal counsel service; Paul Jarman-williams, director, transaction services; and Allan Reid, head of legal counsel service.

Anderson, co-founder and director, said: “We have invested heavily in new systems and technology, including the new website which better outlines our proposition.

“We have an ambition to grow throughout the UK and we are actively looking at the south-east market where we have already had considerable success through word of mouth and referrals alone.”

The firm said it had launched a new animated website. 0 Keith Anderson says firm has invested in technology