He joins from law firm DLA Piper as the second partner in the firm’s planning team alongside Colin Hamilton, and brings over 20 years’ experience advising developers, landowners and public sector bodies on large, complex projects.

Mr Telfer is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as specialist in planning law, ranked highly in both industry legal directories and is a legal associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Chief executive officer Robert Graham-Campbell said: “I am delighted to welcome Sandy to our partnership and at a particularly exciting time for our firm in terms of the size and complexity of the developments we are currently advising on.

“His track record is considerable and will bring further breadth to our existing planning team alongside Colin Hamilton, supporting our ambitions of growing both our planning practice and our Glasgow office where he will be primarily based.”