Thursday, May 31, 2012

New Partner and Associate-level promotions announced

Digby Brown has announced a number of promotions at Partner and Associate level, led by Mark Gibson becoming a partner within the firm’s Referral Department.

Digby Brown Promotions: From left, Euan Love, Mark Gibson, Helen Lawrence, Lianda Barnes

Based in Digby Brown’s Glasgow office, Mr Gibson specialises in workplace, road traffic, product liability and general personal injury litigation. He is also experienced in pursuing damages for the relatives of fatal accident victims.

A member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, he has worked for law firms in Australia and Hong Kong and is a former tutor of private, company, commercial and mercantile law at the University of Glasgow. He joined Digby Brown in 2003.

Reflecting Digby Brown’s continued expansion across both different areas of business and different areas of Scotland, Lianda Barnes is now an Associate within the Motorcycle Law Department in Digby Brown’s Dundee office.  Helen Lawrence has become an Associate in the Foreign and Travel law Department, based in Edinburgh, while Euan Love has been promoted to Associate in the firm’s Industrial Disease Department, based in Glasgow.

All three have been with Digby Brown for a number of years and bring extensive specialist knowledge in their fields.

Neil MacInnes, Digby Brown HR Director said “We are delighted to congratulate all our colleagues.  We are expanding across all of our offices in Scotland and the continued demand for our leading personal injury services is reflected in these promotions. I’m delighted that each of these four promotions demonstrates our commitment to helping our staff to build and develop their careers within Digby Brown.”