Biggart Baillie LLP works with Rohan to open 3 with new Scottish shops
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Leading Scottish firm Biggart Baillie LLP has advised Rohan, the original travel clothing company, on the opening of 3 new retail outlets in Aviemore, Inverness and St Andrews. This has doubled the total number of Rohan shops in Scotland to 6 and brings the total number of UK shops to 48. The Aviemore and St Andrews shops formally opened for business on 27th November and Inverness followed on 18th December.
The Biggart Baillie team provided Scottish law advice on real estate, planning, construction, and environmental, was led by Neil Amner (assisted by Carly Mason, Emma Keil and Gwen Taylor).
Neil Amner, partner at Biggart Baillie, commented “It was great to be able to work with the Rohan team and combine our local know-how and expertise with their market leading travel clothing brand. The arrangements for each shop were put together very quickly. Rohan’s doubling of its Scottish presence is a bold and confident move in today’s challenging market”.
Ian Palmer, Managing Director of Rohan, commented:
“Rohan have been trading in Edinburgh & Glasgow for a number of years and opened Aberdeen about 3 years ago. The new Aviemore, Inverness & St Andrews shops will all be opening within 3 weeks of one another and the Biggart Baillie team exceeded our expectations in meeting our challenging timescales”.
Biggart Baillie Retail - First in Scotland.
Chambers 2011 ranks Biggart Baillie first for retail property in Scotland, commenting "undoubtedly a first-rate retail firm". The 2010 report confirmed that we are “the gold standard to which others aspire”.
Biggart Baillie’s unrivalled position as the leading legal firm operating in the retail sector in Scotland has been nationally recognised by the independent judging panel at The Law Awards for Scotland 2010, with the title of Commercial Property Firm of the Year being presented to the firm.
The firm acts for clients across the whole retail sector and is proud to represent some of the most well known and active high street and out of town brands in the UK today.
The experience and specialist knowledge of the retail team is unsurpassed. Clients return time and again for our expert opinions and we regularly welcome new clients to the fold. Our clients include the majority of well-known high street retailers and anchor retailers occupying the major shopping centres and retail parks across the country (eg Debenhams, M&S, Next, Gap, Arcadia) along with a number of established and expanding Scottish brands (eg Fraser Hart, Sterling Furniture, Xile Clothing) and a selection of younger, contemporary brands making a name for themselves in the Scottish marketplace (eg Swarovski, G-Star, Hawes & Curtis, Jane Norman, Links of London and Jack Wills).
There is not a major retail location in Scotland in which we haven't had an involvement. Our well connected lawyers have a level of local knowledge and experience which is second to none.
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