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Niall McLean

Niall McLean

Brodies LLP, Scotland

Position

Niall is co-head of our Government and Business team and is part of Brodies' Government, Regulation and Competition practice. He gives both public and private sector clients advice in a broad range of areas including: environmental law, governance, defamation and reputation management, public law and statutory interpretation. Niall has experience advising on the data protection and reputation management issues that arise from cyber attacks.

Niall is a solicitor advocate with extended rights of audience in the Court of Session and has extensive advocacy experience, regularly appearing in court for clients. He is also regularly instructed to manage significant pieces of litigation in the Court of Session including judicial reviews and statutory appeals primarily focusing on planning & environment, local government and education law.

Mentions

Public sector • Scotland

Education

Next generation partner
Real estate • Scotland

Environment

Next generation partner
Public sector • Scotland

Local government

Leading partner
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • Scotland

Media and entertainment

Public sector • Scotland

Parliamentary and public affairs