Dentons completes all-female Scots team
Legal heavyweight Dentons has completed an all-female Scottish leadership team with the appointment of Claire Armstrong as Scotland managing partner.
Armstrong takes up the newly-created role, working alongside office head for Glasgow Alison Bryce and office head for Edinburgh Kirsti Olson. Dentons operates in 75 countries and arrived on the Scottish legal scene in a big way following the 2017 merger with Glasgow-headquartered Maclay Murray and Spens (MMS). Armstrong joined the firm in 2011. An investment funds and corporate finance partner in the UK corporate practice, she recently led the merger of Scottish investment firm Murray Income Trust PLC with Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust, creating one of the largest investment trusts in the UK equity income sector.
“Our ambition is to continue this rich tradition, working with clients across Scotland, from well established brands and household names with whom we have longstanding relations, through to startups and all businesses inbetween,” said Armstrong .
We also bring to international businesses with investment plans in Scotland and Scottish businesses with international ambitions the scale and quality that no other law firm in the market can match.
"I look forward to working with Kirsti and Alison and the Scottish team as we take Dentons forward on its journey from Scotland’s oldest commercial law firm to Scotland’s leading global law firm.”
Over the past year, the firm’s teams have advised on some of the highest profile transactions and matters in the Scottish market.