Addleshaw Goddard has announced that partner Alan Shanks will become its new head of Scotland.
He currently heads the law firm's finance and projects team here, with a focus on the transactions in the energy sector.
Shanks will officially takes over leadership from fellow partner David Kirchin on 1 December.
Addleshaw Goddard counts offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen among a global network of 16 offices, and established a presence in Scotland when it merged with HBJ in 2017.
Since then it has doubled turnover in the country as a result of five consecutive years of double-digit income growth and employing 70% more solicitors.
Shanks said: "I'm excited to be taking up this position and getting the opportunity, along with my colleagues, to drive forward the next stage of Addleshaw Goddard's development in Scotland.
"Being an international firm with such a commitment to the local market offers something I believe is unrivalled for both our clients and our people.
"We have a brilliant team and continue to actively invest in talented lawyers across our offices so we can deliver the highest level of service the legal profession can offer to our clients, wherever they are doing business."
Shanks, who played a central role in the merger which brought Addleshaw Goddard to the country, having been at HBJ since 1998, is a qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, as well as Scotland.
He will combine his new role with his existing work, which sees him specialise in financing, acquisition and disposals and joint ventures for clients in the energy sector, and also act for a wide range of corporate clients and financial institutions in the UK and internationally.
John Joyce, managing partner at Addleshaw Goddard, said: "Alan is such a well-respected partner within the firm, the profession and the wider market, and his profile and experience made him the perfect choice to take over the mantle from David Kirchin.
"Under David's direction we have materially grown the scale, scope and profile of Addleshaw Goddard in Scotland over a relatively short period and I have no doubt that Alan will bring energy, ideas and experience to ensure that AG establishes its position at the top of the market."
Kirchin, who remains within the corporate team in Scotland, will be one of a number of former HBJ partners in a senior firm-wide position at the firm when he becomes divisional managing partner for corporate and commercial in the new year.
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