Alasdair Gillies > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Complex health and safety cases form the cornerstone of the practice at BTO Solicitors LLP, with the team covering the gamut of mobility matters, especially with regard to elderly drivers. The firm also regularly handles sensitive cases involving culpable homicide allegations, domestic and sexual abuse cases, and financial misconduct claims, as well as a growing stream of malicious prosecutions and allegations against the Crown. Team head Vikki Watt has a practice that sits across both criminal and regulatory crime matters. The ‘outstanding’ Alasdair Gillies is noted as a ‘knowledgeable, reassuring, confident’ practitioner with ‘an immense depth of experience’, and has the ability to handle his own advocacy, particularly in serious road traffic cases. Promoted to partner in 2023, Lindsay MacNeill leverages previous in-house experience at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to guide clients through criminal proceedings, while Amy Anderson specialises in health and safety and regulatory prosecutions. Neil Macdonald is also a key name to note.

BTO Solicitors LLP fields an extensive team of practitioners that is well geared to act across a wide spectrum of financial crime cases, with notable activity in cases pertaining to money laundering and asset freezing. The firm represents clients from a broad range of professional backgrounds and is routinely instructed on high-profile, sensitive cases. Vikki Watt spearheads the practice and is often approached by both high-profile individuals and large multinational corporates for advice on financial crime issues. Co-head Alasdair Gillies is well placed to handle the criminal and civil matters arising in complex cases. Co-lead Lindsay MacNeill is singled out for her wealth of expertise in investigatory matters. Ramsay Hall, who is praised as a ‘tour de force‘, joined the team from Brodies LLP in September 2024.