Murray Beith Murray LLP is a leading Scottish private client law firm.
For 175 years we have specialised in meeting the legal, financial and administrative needs of individuals and families, family trusts, charities and private companies.
Murray Beith Murray has been recognised this week, by The Legal 500 UK 2024, as a Tier 2 legal practice for ‘Personal tax, trusts and executries’, ‘Contentious trusts and probate’ and ‘Agriculture and Estates’, one of the few Scottish private client law firms to be acknowledged in the top two tiers for all three core practice areas.
Murray Beith Murray Private Client Partner, Andrew Paterson writes in The Scotsman this week. Read the full article below, republished by kind permission of The Scotsman.
I like to think that those in my profession dispense wisdom and wise counsel. I don’t know if Agatha Christie was referring to lawyers when she said: “Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.” If she was referencing the legal world, then she was almost certainly talking about our sometimes fruitless passion to ensure people put effective Wills in place.
Edinburgh-based private client firm, Murray Beith Murray, has announced the appointment of a new partner.
Alec Stewart will join Murray Beith Murray partners Ruthven Gemmell, Peter Shand, Andrew Paterson, Sophie Napier and Fraser Scott within the firm’s Asset Protection group in September.
After qualifying as a lawyer with Murray Beith Murray in 2002, Alec went on to become a partner with Anderson Strathern and Thorntons, and latterly a consultant with MacRoberts. Alec is a dual qualified solicitor (Scotland and England/Wales) and a specialist in estate planning and asset protection with extensive private client experience.
Murray Beith Murray is pleased to be recognised in the prestigious Chambers & Partners High Net Worth (HNW) Guide 2023 for Private Wealth Law. The firm’s Asset Protection group and Partners, Peter Shand and Andrew Paterson have again been recognised.
Murray Beith Murray Private Client Partner, Peter Shand appeared in The Scotsman earlier this month, explaining why paintings, prints and porcelain may need as much tax planning as pensions or property portfolios. Read the full article below, republished by kind permission of The Scotsman:
