Turcan Connell
| Industry | Private client legal services |
|---|---|
| Founded | Edinburgh, 1997 |
| Founder |
Robert Turcan Douglas Connell |
| Headquarters | Tollcross, Edinburgh |
Area served | Scotland and UK |
| Revenue | £23.3m (2014/15) |
| Website |
www |
Turcan Connell is a Scottish legal firm working exclusively with individuals, families and charities. It has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. Founded in 1997 from the private client unit of Dundas & Wilson, one of the oldest and largest firms in Scotland. Its 2014/15 turnover was £23.3m. The firm has twenty-three partners and over two hundred staff, offering a full range of legal services alongside a complete range of tax .[1]
Practice
The firm acts exclusively for individuals, families and charities, providing a range of private client services.[1]
It is rated by legal directory Legal 500 as a first tier firm in Agriculture and Estates, Charities and Not-For-Profit, Contentious Trusts and Probate, Family and Personal Tax, Trusts & Executries. It is described as "'A leading presence in high-value cases', providing advice that is ‘reassuring, confident and very personable’." Turcan Connell is widely acknowledged as "a market leader with real strength-in-depth". In the Chambers and Partners directory, Agricultural & Rural Affairs, Charities, Family/Matrimonial and Private Client are rated Band 1, and is described as "first-class".[2]
Locations
The firm's main office is in the Princes Exchange building on Tollcross, Edinburgh. It also has an office in London and a further office opened in Glasgow in September 2012.[3]
History
The firm was formed in August 1997 from the private client business of Dundas & Wilson, one of the largest firms in Scotland, which from then on focussed on commercial clients.[4] The founding senior partners were Robert Turcan and Douglas Connell. Turcan had trained at Shepherd and Wedderburn, qualifying in 1972, and was assumed as a partner in Dundas & Wilson in 1973,[5] while Connell had spent his entire career at Dundas & Wilson, qualifying in 1976 and being admitted to the partnership in 1979.[6]
In December 1997, shortly after the firm's creation, the private client unit of rival W&J Burness joined the firm. The firm opened its London office in 2007 to serve an "increasingly international client base."[7] The firm's investment management capability was hived-off in April 2012 to create Turcan Connell Asset Management Limited (now a stand-alone business operating as Tcam Asset Management), and a further office opened in Glasgow in September 2012.[3]
References
- 1 2 "About us". Turcan Connell. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Turcan Connell rankings". Chambers and Partners. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Turcan Connell launches Glasgow base". The Lawyer. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Dundas & Wilson confirms hive-off". The Lawyer. 24 June 1997. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Turcan". Legal500. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Douglas Connell". Legal500. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "London launch for Scottish private client specialists". The Lawyer. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2012.