Goodman Derrick LLP and Levy & McRae Announce Reciprocal Consultancy Appointments
Leading lawyer John Roberts, Partner at Goodman Derrick LLP based in the City of London, has become a consultant to one of Scotland’s top law firms, Levy & McRae Solicitors.
The two firms have a strategic alliance which enables them to provide clients with a full service offering across the whole of the UK and Professor Peter Watson, Solicitor Advocate and Senior Partner at Levy & McRae, is also to become a consultant to Goodman Derrick.
The two new posts provide a seamless transition for clients between the two firms and ensures a high quality, partner-led service for respective clients.
John Roberts specialises in corporate law and has handled numerous high profile mergers, acquisitions and flotations over many years, particularly in the hotel and leisure sector. John was Goodman Derrick’s Senior Partner for many years and more recently has served three years as President of Legal Netlink Europe. He is a trustee of English National Ballet and the Borrow Foundation.
Peter Watson, who is also head of litigation at Levy & McRae, has spearheaded legal teams involved in some of the biggest claims in British legal history, following major international disasters - Piper Alpha, Lockerbie, the RAF Chinook Crash on Mull of Kintyre and the Dunblane Primary School massacre.
Speaking about his appointment as consultant to Levy & McRae, John Roberts said, “Goodman Derrick and Levy & McRae have had a very successful strategic alliance for a number of years and we are now taking it to the next level.
“With me becoming a consultant to Levy & McRae and Peter becoming a consultant to Goodman Derrick, our clients are guaranteed a partner-led full service offering across the UK which is increasingly important for businesses whose customers are spread around the country.”
Professor Watson, said “I am delighted to become a consultant to Goodman Derrick LLP as part of the expansion of our strategic alliance.
“The alliance has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and many of our clients have benefited from the expert legal advice across a wide range of legal matters provided throughout the country by our two firms.”
Goodman Derrick LLP is a full service law firm based in the City of London whose partners are regularly recognised for their expertise by the leading independent guides to the Legal Profession.
Levy & McRae Solicitors is one of Scotland's leading law firms and has consistently been placed among the top 5 law firms in Scotland. It is particularly renowned for its media, corporate and litigation expertise.
Both firms are members of the Legal Netlink Alliance, a network of independent, medium-sized law firms around the world.
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For further information, please contact Belinda Copland of Goodman Derrick LLP on 07753 283 474 or by email bcopland@gdlaw.co.uk or for Levy & McRae contact Jack Irvine at Media House on 0141 220 6040 or by email jack@mediahouse.co.uk
Photograph below – John Roberts (left) and Peter Watson (right)