Our Achievements

We are consistently highly rated in both the main independent legal directories Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. Some of our other achievements of note include the following:

Awards

  • 'Highly commended' in Climate Change and Sustainability category in FT Innovative Lawyers Report 2010
  • Won 'Private Client Team of the Year' at the 2009 Scottish Legal Awards.
  • Won 'Firm of the Year' at the 2008 Scottish Legal Awards.
  • Won 'Commercial Property Team of the Year' at the 2008 Scottish Legal Awards.
  • Won 'Rising Star of the Year' at the 2008 Scottish Legal Awards.
  • Won 'Employment Team of the Year' at the 2007 Cuthbert Legal Awards.

Accreditations

  • We successfully achieved Investors in People (IIP) accreditation every year since 1998. In fact in November 2011 we were accredited with IIP Gold Status.  This award not only places Anderson Strathern within the ranks of the1% UK companies that have achieved Investors in People Gold Status, it puts the firm clearly at the top of the Scottish legal profession as the only Gold accredited law firm in Scotland.
  • We were the first law firm in the UK to put in place an Integrated Management System which manages quality across all areas of our firm. As a result we were accredited with the ISO14001 (Environmental), OHSAS18001 (Health and Safety) and the management quality standard ISO9001.