Dundas & Wilson
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| Headquarters | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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| No. of offices | 3 |
| No. of lawyers | 400+ |
| Major practice areas | Commercial Law |
| Revenue |  £62 million (FY 2011) |
| Date founded | 1759 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.dundas-wilson.com |
Dundas & Wilson LLP was a commercial UK law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Aberdeen.[1]
In May 2014 Dundas and Wilson merged with CMS Cameron McKenna.
In 2012 the firm was ranked in the Top 30 Firms in Europe for Innovation by the Financial Times.
Expertise
[edit]The independent legal directory Legal 500 ranked Dundas & Wilson as a Tier 1 firm in 2012 in the following areas:[2]
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Corporate & Commercial
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Property (Scotland)
- Education
- Employment
- Energy (Excluding Oil & Gas)
- Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
- Intellectual Property
- IT & Telecoms
- Local Government
- Pensions
- Planning
- Professional Negligence
- Projects
- Transport
- Unit Trusts, OEICs and investment trusts
History
[edit]Dundas & Wilson traces its roots to 1759[3] when David Erskine founded his own legal practice in Edinburgh. Sir James Dundas of Ochtertyre Clerk to the Signet[4] subsequently joined the practice and, after the death of David Erskine, William Wilson joined the partnership to form Dundas & Wilson. From at least 1841 the firm had offices at 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.[5] The firm remained at the Square until 1991.[6]
The firm was active in Scotland during the 19th century as can be seen from the numerous references to the firm in Court of Session reports or old Sasine titles.[7][8][9][10]
Dundas & Wilson became a limited liability partnership in 2004.[11]
In May 2014 Dundas and Wilson combined with CMS.
References
[edit]- ^ Dundas & Wilson. Contact Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ The Legal 500. Dundas & Wilson CS LLP Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Scottish Archive Network, Online Catalogue. Dundas & Wilson Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Memoir of Alexander Seton: Earl of Dunfermline, President of the Court of Session
- ^ 16 St Andrew Square
- ^ "Ballet star shows off charity portraits". 13 December 2000.
- ^ Dickson, J.W.; Dunbar, W.H. The Scottish Jurist. Michael Anderson, Edinburgh, 1833.
- ^ The Court of Session Court of Justiciary. Oxford University Press, 1876.
- ^ Cases decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords. T. and T. Clark, 1857.
- ^ Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland and in the House of Lords on Appeal from Scotland. M. Anderson and Co. 1853.
- ^ The Scotsman. Dundas & Wilson first of 'big four' to move to LLP. 18 November 2004.
