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Member News: Corporate strength underpins Stronachs’ latest Legal 500 success

October 3, 2025
Member News: Corporate strength underpins Stronachs’ latest Legal 500 success

STRONACHS LLP has once again been recognised across multiple practice areas in the Legal 500 UK 2026, with rankings for corporate, energy, private client, dispute resolution and agriculture.

Among this year’s recognitions are corporate partners Neil Forbes and Callum Armstrong, who have again received individual accolades. Neil retains his place in the prestigious Hall of Fame,
while Callum has again been recognised as a Next Generation Partner.
The results highlight both the calibre of the firm’s expertise and the strength of client feedback, reinforcing Stronachs’ consistency and reputation for advising businesses and business owners
on complex legal matters.

The corporate team has maintained its strong Band 2 ranking, with the firm’s energy and dispute resolution practices also retaining its positions in the guide. New this year is recognition for the
agriculture team, highlighting its expertise advising farmers, estates and rural businesses. The private client team has once again secured rankings in the ‘personal tax, trusts and executries’ and ‘contentious trusts and probate’ categories, underlining the consistency of its performance and building further on recognition in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide earlier this year.
Commenting on this year’s results, Partner, Neil Forbes said: “These rankings reflect the consistency of our performance and the quality of work delivered across the firm.

“They also recognise the strong relationships we have with our clients, with agriculture joining the guide this year alongside continued recognition in corporate, energy, private client and
dispute resolution.”

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Scottish Renewables

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has worked closely with AREG since its formation. The recent progress in the developments of offshore wind projects by Equinor and Vattenfall are as a result of the work of the group over many years. The north-east is known as the oil and gas capital of Europe. At the Chamber, we believe the region must evolve its position to being recognised as the energy capital. Whilst hydrocarbons will continue to be essential in driving our economy for years to come, the generation of renewable resources will play an increasingly important role in providing cost-effective power, innovative development and economic growth.

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

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All-Energy

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Vattenfall

Aberdeen City and Shire is emerging as a key location for renewables by successfully transferring its world-class oil and gas expertise into the sector and AREG has done much to advance this through a broad range of initiatives. It has acted as a catalyst in driving further investment in the local economy by engaging with companies, Government, public bodies and existing projects and we have been pleased to support their efforts. Scottish Enterprise will continue to engage with AREG as we increase Scotland’s use of renewable energy.

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