Turcan Connell is a Scottishlegal firm working exclusively with individuals, families and charities. It has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. Founded in 1997 from the private client unit of Dundas & Wilson, one of the oldest and largest firms in Scotland. Its 2014/15 turnover was £23.3m. The firm has twenty-three partners and over two hundred staff, offering a full range of legal services alongside a complete range of tax .[1]
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The firm acts exclusively for individuals, families and charities, providing a range of private client services.[1]
It is rated by legal directory Legal 500 as a first tier firm in Agriculture and Estates, Charities and Not-For-Profit, Contentious Trusts and Probate, Family and Personal Tax, Trusts & Executries. It is described as "'A leading presence in high-value cases', providing advice that is ‘reassuring, confident and very personable’." Turcan Connell is widely acknowledged as "a market leader with real strength-in-depth". In the Chambers and Partners directory, Agricultural & Rural Affairs, Charities, Family/Matrimonial and Private Client are rated Band 1, and is described as "first-class".[2]
Locations
The firm's main office is in the Princes Exchange building on Tollcross, Edinburgh. It also has an office in London and a further office opened in Glasgow in September 2012.[3]
Tollcross is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which gives its name to the surrounding area.
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that follow closely its medieval limits. The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority is Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as "Glaswegians" or "Weegies". It is the fourth most visited city in the UK. Glasgow is also known for the Glasgow patter, a distinct dialect of the Scots language that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city.
History
The firm was formed in August 1997 from the private client business of Dundas & Wilson, one of the largest firms in Scotland, which from then on focussed on commercial clients.[4] The founding senior partners were Robert Turcan and Douglas Connell. Turcan had trained at Shepherd and Wedderburn, qualifying in 1972, and was assumed as a partner in Dundas & Wilson in 1973,[5] while Connell had spent his entire career at Dundas & Wilson, qualifying in 1976 and being admitted to the partnership in 1979.[6]
Dundas & Wilson LLP was a commercial UK law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Aberdeen.
Douglas Andrew Connell is a retired Scottish solicitor and former chairman of Museums Galleries Scotland which is the national development body for Scotland’s museums and galleries.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP is a commercial law firm, headquartered in Edinburgh, with offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and London.
In December 1997, shortly after the firm's creation, the private client unit of rival W&J Burness joined the firm. The firm opened its London office in 2007 to serve an "increasingly international client base."[7] The firm's investment management capability was hived-off in April 2012 to create Turcan Connell Asset Management Limited (now a stand-alone business operating as Tcam Asset Management), and a further office opened in Glasgow in September 2012.[3]
References
1 2 "About us". Turcan Connell. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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