Dundas & Wilson

Dundas & Wilson
Dundas & Wilson LLP
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Headquarters Edinburgh, United Kingdom
No. of offices 3
No. of lawyers 400+
Major practice areas Commerical Law
Revenue increase £62 million (FY 2011)
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website
www.dundas-wilson.com

Dundas & Wilson LLP is a leading commercial UK law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.[1] The firm is based in Scotland, but like other large Scottish law firms[2], it now has an established practice in London, which earns 39% of its total revenues.[3] It is also regularly ranked within the top 50 largest law firms in the UK.

Since 1997, Dundas & Wilson has focused only on commercial clients, having hived-off its private client practice to form another law firm now named Turcan Connell.[4] The firm's main practice areas are financial services, real estate, energy & infrastructure and government & public sector.[5] Donald Shaw, who joined Dundas & Wilson in 1979, has been the managing partner of the firm since 2006.[6]

In September 2011, it was reported in legal media sources that Dundas & Wilson was considering a merger with London-based law firm Bircham Dyson Bell; however, both firms have subsequently said that the merger will not be going ahead.[7]

Contents

Expertise

The independent legal directory Legal 500 ranked Dundas & Wilson as a Tier 1 firm in 2010 in the following areas[8]:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Construction
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Property (Scotland)
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Energy (Excluding Oil & Gas)
  • Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
  • Intellectual Property
  • IT & Telecoms
  • Local Government
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Pensions
  • Planning
  • Professional Negligence
  • Projects
  • Transport
  • Unit Trusts, OEICs and investment trusts

History

Dundas & Wilson traces its roots to 1759[9] when David Erskine founded his own legal practice in Edinburgh. Sir James Dundas of Ochtertyre Clerk to the Signet[10] subsequently joined the practice and, after the death of David Erskine, William Wilson joined the partnership to form Dundas & Wilson. From at least 1841 the firm had offices at 16 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.[11] The firm remained at the Square until 1991.[12]

The firm was active in Scotland during the 19th century as can be seen from the numerous references to the firm in Court of Session reports or old Sasine titles.[13][14][15][16]

Dundas & Wilson became a limited liability partnership in 2004.[17]

References

  1. ^ http://www.dundas-wilson.com/contact_dw/dw_cms_2522.asp
  2. ^ http://www.ianfraser.org/london-or-not-insider-commercial-law-review/
  3. ^ http://www.thelawyer.com/dundas-and-bircham-unveil-proposed-merger/1009292.article
  4. ^ http://www.thelawyer.com/in-brief-dundas-and-wilson-confirms-hive-off/85774.article
  5. ^ http://www.dundas-wilson.com/Sectors/dw_cms_7359.asp
  6. ^ http://www.thelawyer.com/donald-shaw-dundas-and-wilson/130947.article
  7. ^ http://www.thelawyer.com/dundas-and-bircham-abandon-merger-talks-after-failing-to-win-partner-backing/1009729.article
  8. ^ http://www.legal500.com/firms/956-dundas-wilson-cs-llp/4533-edinburgh
  9. ^ http://195.153.34.9/catalogue/person.aspx?code=NA14878&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=y&k=Dundas&ko=o&r=&ro=s&
  10. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/memoiralexander00setogoog/memoiralexander00setogoog_djvu.txt
  11. ^ https://sites.google.com/site/joerocksresearchpages/home/standard-life-buildings/16-st-andrew-square
  12. ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/dundas-amp-wilson-departs-square-1.502704
  13. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=tKgDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA538&dq=%22Dundas+%26+Wilson%22&hl=en&ei=8K2UTp-9EIKgOuOmvaoH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22Dundas%20%26%20Wilson%22&f=false
  14. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=2K0DAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Dundas+%26+Wilson%22&dq=%22Dundas+%26+Wilson%22&hl=en&ei=Lq6UToXaFIKhOprbnasH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBzge
  15. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=0q4DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65&dq=%22Dundas+%26+Wilson%22&hl=en&ei=Za6UTpjRNcKEOve9zNMH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgy#v=onepage&q=%22Dundas%20%26%20Wilson%22&f=false
  16. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=JrMDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA346&dq=%22Dundas+%26+Wilson%22&hl=en&ei=gq6UTo2sD4LpOaDZ1NgH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAzg8#v=onepage&q=%22Dundas%20%26%20Wilson%22&f=false
  17. ^ http://www.scotsman.com/business/interviews/dundas_amp_wilson_first_of_big_four_to_move_to_llp_1_1046974

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