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LINKEDIN PROFILEForbes is a well respected commercial property lawyer with a reputation of being highly proficient across the spectrum of commercial property transactions.
Prior to becoming the firm's Head of Commercial Property, Forbes was a main board Director of a development company and legal counsel for a number of years. In this role he was involved in the development of a number of Halford’s Superstores, Great Mills and B&Q.
He remains involved in development work on behalf of a number of clients and has recently been involved in the development of sites for use as MacDonalds, Whitbreads, Esso, Morrison’s Supermarket, Playtex, Sara Lee, the Oran Group and retail factory outlets throughout the UK.
Clients value Forbes' personal involvement in their transactions and his ability to get the deals completed,and on his clients' terms. He has a reputation for focussing on the real issues when working through a deal and gives value driven legal advice. His proven track record continues to go from strength to strength and he and his team are involved with some of Scotland’s highest profit commercial property transactions.
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Forbes</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> G. Leslie - Senior Partner</strong><a name="forbes" title="forbes"></a><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> </strong></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Commercial Property </strong></p>
<p>Forbes is a well respected commercial property lawyer with a reputation of being highly proficient across the spectrum of commercial property transactions.<br /><br />Prior to becoming the firm's Head of Commercial Property, Forbes was a main board Director of a development company and legal counsel for a number of years. In this role he was involved in the development of a number of Halford’s Superstores, Great Mills and B&Q.</p>
<p>He remains involved in development work on behalf of a number of clients and has recently been involved in the development of sites for use as MacDonalds, Whitbreads, Esso, Morrison’s Supermarket, Playtex, Sara Lee, the Oran Group and retail factory outlets throughout the UK. <br /><br />Clients value Forbes' personal involvement in their transactions and his ability to get the deals completed,and on his clients' terms. He has a reputation for focussing on the real issues when working through a deal and gives value driven legal advice. His proven track record continues to go from strength to strength and he and his team are involved with some of Scotland’s highest profit commercial property transactions.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Gordon</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> Bell - Partner</strong><a name="gordon" title="gordon"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Civil Litigation and Employment Law Teams</strong></p>
<p>Gordon is a highly regarded,experienced and dedicated Lawyer. He specialises in personal injury claims of all types, including claims arising out of accidents (at work, in public places and in vehicles) and from the contraction of asbestos-related diseases, industrial deafness, Vibration White Finger and other occupational diseases.</p>
<p>He has also acted for clients in a wide range of commercial and consumer litigations, such as commercial lease disputes, liquidations and obtaining interdicts. He also oversees the firm's successful debt recovery department.</p>
<p>Gordon has considerable experience and expertise in Employment Law and regularly conducts employment tribunals for clients. He also advises trade unions officials and members on employment and trade union law.</p>
<p>Gordon is a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in personal injury law and is a Senior Litigator member of the UK Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Joyce</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> Marshall - Partner </strong><a name="joyce" title="joyce"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of House Purchase/Sales, Estate Agency and Private Client Teams<br /></strong></p>
<p>Joyce joined the firm in 1988 and is head of the Private Client Unit. She is involved in the residential housing market within the Firm including purchases, sales, remortgages and residential leases.</p>
<p>Joyce also deals with a broad range of private client work including wills and executries, inheritance tax and tax planning, as well as issues relating to incapacity and the elderly.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Mandy</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> L. Quinn - Partner</strong><a name="mandy" title="mandy"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Corporate Team</strong></p>
<p>Mandy is a highly regarded corporate finance and banking lawyer. She leads the Corporate team, and handles a wide range of banking, corporate, structured and project finance work. She has amassed excellent quality experience in a wide range of corporate finance and commercial transactions with a particular emphasis on high profile acquisitions, disposals and private equity investments throughout the UK. She also regularly advises clients in the financial services sector on regulatory and compliance issues.</p>
<p>Mandy enjoyed a successful secondment to the European legal team of an International banking institution. This experience enables her to provide innovative debt solutions from both a borrowers and lenders perspective. She is known for drawing the complexities of even the largest deals to a successful conclusion.<br /><br /><a href="mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ">Email</a></p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #553a67; font-size: 14px;">David J. McElroy - Partner</strong></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Litigation and Employment Law</strong></p>
<p>David is a Partner in the firm's Litigation and Employment Law teams. He acts for Pursuers of personal injury claims in both the Sheriff Court and the Court of Session. He has a wide range of experience in personal injury actions from road traffic accidents to accients at work and industrial disease claims.<br /><br />As well as personal injury litigation David also acts for the firm's commercial clients in a wide range of commercial litigation.</p>
<p>David also regularly represents both claimants and respondents in Employment Tribunals. </p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Commercial Property </strong></p>
<p>Forbes is a well respected commercial property lawyer with a reputation of being highly proficient across the spectrum of commercial property transactions.<br /><br />Prior to becoming the firm's Head of Commercial Property, Forbes was a main board Director of a development company and legal counsel for a number of years. In this role he was involved in the development of a number of Halford’s Superstores, Great Mills and B&Q.</p>
<p>He remains involved in development work on behalf of a number of clients and has recently been involved in the development of sites for use as MacDonalds, Whitbreads, Esso, Morrison’s Supermarket, Playtex, Sara Lee, the Oran Group and retail factory outlets throughout the UK. <br /><br />Clients value Forbes' personal involvement in their transactions and his ability to get the deals completed,and on his clients' terms. He has a reputation for focussing on the real issues when working through a deal and gives value driven legal advice. His proven track record continues to go from strength to strength and he and his team are involved with some of Scotland’s highest profit commercial property transactions.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Gordon</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> Bell - Partner</strong><a name="gordon" title="gordon"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Civil Litigation and Employment Law Teams</strong></p>
<p>Gordon is a highly regarded,experienced and dedicated Lawyer. He specialises in personal injury claims of all types, including claims arising out of accidents (at work, in public places and in vehicles) and from the contraction of asbestos-related diseases, industrial deafness, Vibration White Finger and other occupational diseases.</p>
<p>He has also acted for clients in a wide range of commercial and consumer litigations, such as commercial lease disputes, liquidations and obtaining interdicts. He also oversees the firm's successful debt recovery department.</p>
<p>Gordon has considerable experience and expertise in Employment Law and regularly conducts employment tribunals for clients. He also advises trade unions officials and members on employment and trade union law.</p>
<p>Gordon is a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in personal injury law and is a Senior Litigator member of the UK Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Joyce</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> Marshall - Partner </strong><a name="joyce" title="joyce"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of House Purchase/Sales, Estate Agency and Private Client Teams<br /></strong></p>
<p>Joyce joined the firm in 1988 and is head of the Private Client Unit. She is involved in the residential housing market within the Firm including purchases, sales, remortgages and residential leases.</p>
<p>Joyce also deals with a broad range of private client work including wills and executries, inheritance tax and tax planning, as well as issues relating to incapacity and the elderly.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;">Mandy</strong><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #553a67;"> L. Quinn - Partner</strong><a name="mandy" title="mandy"></a></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head of Corporate Team</strong></p>
<p>Mandy is a highly regarded corporate finance and banking lawyer. She leads the Corporate team, and handles a wide range of banking, corporate, structured and project finance work. She has amassed excellent quality experience in a wide range of corporate finance and commercial transactions with a particular emphasis on high profile acquisitions, disposals and private equity investments throughout the UK. She also regularly advises clients in the financial services sector on regulatory and compliance issues.</p>
<p>Mandy enjoyed a successful secondment to the European legal team of an International banking institution. This experience enables her to provide innovative debt solutions from both a borrowers and lenders perspective. She is known for drawing the complexities of even the largest deals to a successful conclusion.<br /><br /><a href="mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ">Email</a></p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #553a67; font-size: 14px;">David J. McElroy - Partner</strong></p>
<p><strong style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Litigation and Employment Law</strong></p>
<p>David is a Partner in the firm's Litigation and Employment Law teams. He acts for Pursuers of personal injury claims in both the Sheriff Court and the Court of Session. He has a wide range of experience in personal injury actions from road traffic accidents to accients at work and industrial disease claims.<br /><br />As well as personal injury litigation David also acts for the firm's commercial clients in a wide range of commercial litigation.</p>
<p>David also regularly represents both claimants and respondents in Employment Tribunals. </p>
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