Thornton’s chair Colin Graham, managing partner Lesley Larg, and Stuart & Stuart’s senior partner Chris Anderson, who transfers as a consultant to the merged firm

Vialex is delighted to have advised the partners of Stuart & Stuart in the merger of its practice with Thorntons Solicitors, which took effect on 1 April. 

The merger is formed from two of Scotland’s oldest legal firms, both of which trace their roots back to the nineteenth century, and the new, expanded business will be Scotland’s fourth biggest with 564 staff, of which 71 are partners.  

More detail from Daily Business here, and from Stuart & Stuart website here