Two join Womble Bond Dickinson's Edinburgh base

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has announced two hires for the Banking and Real Estate teams in its Edinburgh office.

Chris McLauchlan has been appointed as a legal director to lead WBD's Banking team in Scotland. Joining from Eversheds Sutherland, he has over 15 years of experience advising on Scottish, English and cross-border transactions, in corporate finance, acquisition finance, real estate and development finance, asset-based finance, securitisation, loan note issues and restructuring transactions.

Ewelina Kurek has joined as an associate in the Real Estate team, from Shepherd & Wedderburn. Her experience is in advising national and international clients operating in a variety of markets including office, industrial, retail and investment. She also has notable experience in the renewable energy sector and has acted for landowners and developers in the negotiation of onshore wind farm projects in Scotland.

John Ralph, partner and head of the Edinburgh office, commented: "We're delighted to welcome Chris and Ewelina to the firm, continuing the growth of our fast-growing Edinburgh office and broadening the range of services available to our clients here in Scotland."

WBD's Edinburgh office, which relocated to larger premises last year, focuses in particular on real estate, financial institutions and energy and power renewables.