Our People

We have 20 partners, 47 other professional staff and 44 support staff, working together in offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. From here you can put faces to names.

Our relationship with each other and with WJM’s clients is built on trust and respect. We enjoy learning new ideas and striving to apply our knowledge to help you to achieve what you want for yourself, your loved ones, your business and your community.

We enjoy working in WJM rather than other law firms because of our values and vision, because it’s challenging and because it’s fun. Law is a serious business, but the WJM Social Committee and our in-house satirical publication ‘Aye Wright! Johnston!’ makes sure that we aren’t allowed to take ourselves too seriously.

Angus MacLeod

Contact me: agm@wjm.co.uk

practice area
I help people turn good ideas into profitable and successful businesses. I am also the lead partner in our Inverness office, serving our clients throughout the Highlands & Islands, and beyond.

core skills
Setting up, buying and selling businesses; negotiating commercial contracts; general business law.

Advice to family businesses and business families.

Intellectual property law (patents, trade marks, designs, copyright); e-commerce and IT law; data protection and freedom of information law.

Franchising - I’m Head of WJM’s market-leading Franchising Team. My team were ranked Number 1 in Scotland by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession for the fifth year running in September 2010.

career highlights
Information Technology/Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year, 2008 Law Awards of Scotland

Rising Star of the Year, 2002 Scottish Legal Awards

credentials
Member, Law Society of Scotland Technology Committee

Member, Institute of Knowledge Transfer

British Marine Federation Legal Advisor for Scottish Members

I write and speak regularly, in both Gaelic and English, on range of legal topics including franchising, biotechnology, internet law, data protection, information law and intellectual property on BBC Alba, BBC Radio and Radio Clyde and in the Herald, the Scotsman and the Law Society of Scotland’s Journal.

there’s more to me:
As a keen Gaelic singer I know the fear and adrenaline rush that comes from live performance. When I was 13 my non-appearance at the Mod (a Gaelic music festival) led to an appearance on page 3 of the Scottish Sun (fully clothed!).