Anderson Strathern has hired Tom McEntegart as a partner in its Glasgow office, in an attempt to boost the firm’s small business and commercial client offering across Scotland.
He brings more than two decades of experience in advising clients on banking, property, licensing and commercial disputes, and joins from UK law firm TLT, where he was previously its head of Scotland, having overseen Anderson Fyfe’s merger with TLT in 2012.
A University of Strathclyde law graduate, McEntegart was admitted as a solicitor advocate in 2003, and is a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-accredited evaluative mediator.
As a partner at Anderson Strathern, he will develop and expand the firm’s dispute resolution team, while working alongside the employment, banking and corporate teams.
Bruce Farquhar, chair at Anderson Strathern, said: “Tom is a great hire for the firm, both in terms of his commercial dispute experience and his track record in building high-performing teams within a UK-wide law firm.”
McEntegart added: “Anderson Strathern is an independent Scottish law firm with a modern approach, great people, talented lawyers, and a fantastic client base, and I look forward to playing an active part in the firm’s continuing success.”
In a separate hire, Mark Templeton has joined the firm as a director and head of immigration.
He moves from specialist immigration law firm Quinn Martin & Langan, and will work alongside existing team members to grow the firm’s immigration practice.
Murray McCall, managing partner at Anderson Strathern, said: “Mark has worked in immigration law for many years, and is a well-known and much respected lawyer in a specialist area that is growing significantly post-Brexit.
“We see a lot of demand in this area, for both businesses and private individuals and it’s another important hire for the firm and for our clients.”
In February, Anderson Strathern reported revenue of £26.2m in the year to 31 August 2021, up from £23.3m in the previous financial year.
In April 2021, the firm announced its latest acquisition, a merger with Shetland-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agents.
The firm has 54 partners and 305 employees across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Haddington and Lerwick.
Clients include Buccleuch, the Scottish Government, Crown Estate Scotland, Scotmid, Apex Hotels, INEOS, City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, University of Strathclyde, Edinburgh Napier University, Transport Scotland, the Scottish Prison Service and the Royal College of Nursing.
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