Senior leadership changes at Babbé

Friday 04 June 2021

Babbé has given its senior leadership team a new look.

Managing Partner Andrew Laws has moved into the role of Senior Partner and Nick Robison has taken on the position of MP.

For 18 years, management of Babbé’s relationships with its clients and its employees was overseen by Advocate Laws.

Due to the demands of the past 12 months, Babbé has adjusted its approach to managing those relationships by dividing the role previously performed by Advocate Laws into two roles: one that focuses on Babbé’s relationships with its clients and other intermediaries, and one that focuses on its internal relationships and on management of the firm’s day-to-day operations. 

It was in those circumstances that, on 1 June, Advocate Laws moved into the role of Senior Partner to focus his energy on Babbé’s client relationships, and Nick Robison, joint head with Todd McGuffin of the firm’s dispute resolution team, moved into the role of Managing Partner.

“The most important parts of our business are our people and their relationships, both internally and externally," said Advocate Laws.

"Over the past decade, the firm’s dispute resolution team has cemented itself as a market leader in this area. During the past 12 months we have spent a great deal of time and energy looking at how to service our clients in other areas of the business." 

“In doing so, we recognised the need to invest in our other core offerings so that they too would enjoy the same level of market prominence and provide the same level of client service. 

Advocate Robison said: “We have made a number of strategic decisions over the past 12 months in order that the firm is well positioned for the next five years. Andrew has been invaluable to those decisions and we are grateful to him for fulfilling this role and for his fantastic contribution over 18 years as Managing Partner.

"Andrew has a great reputation, both locally and further afield, and it seemed obvious that we should harness the relationships behind it by allowing him to refocus on client-servicing.”

Pictured top: Advocate Robison and Advocate Laws.