Lindsays merges with Hadden Rankin

Lindsays, the law firm based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, has announced a merger with Edinburgh-based legal practice, Hadden Rankin.

The merger takes effect on 28 October 2019 and will see all Hadden Rankin staff transfer to Lindsays, with no redundancies. Hadden Rankin’s founding partners – Ross Hadden and Dot Rankin – will become partners at Lindsays.

Hadden Rankin’s expertise lies in property and private client services, and this merger will provide its clients with the wider range of legal services available at Lindsays, as well as boosting Lindsays presence in the property and private client markets. This marks Lindsays latest acquisition in a programme of strategic expansion throughout this decade.

Alasdair Cummings, Lindsays’ Managing Partner, said: “We’re delighted to continue our growth through this merger with Hadden Rankin. Ross and Dot have built an excellent practice which provides a strong fit with Lindsays, and we welcome them to our partnership.

“Like Lindsays, Hadden Rankin has focussed on relationship-building to expand its client base.”

Ross Hadden, Partner at Hadden Rankin, said: “It is exciting for us to be joining Lindsays, allowing us to provide our clients with a much wider range of legal services and our staff with tremendous career opportunities.”

Dot Rankin, Partner at Hadden Rankin, said: “From the moment we started talking to Lindsays we found them to be a firm which mirrors our core ethos of providing excellent client service to our clients. We are delighted to be joining them.”

Hadden Rankin’s property management business, HRPM Ltd, will not be merging with Lindsays and will continue to operate as a standalone business. The team at HRPM Ltd will continue to look after clients’ property management affairs as before.