05/06/2026
We recently welcomed colleagues to our summer conference, bringing people together from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee for our annual event.
There was a genuine buzz in the room at the Apex Hotel in Dundee for an afternoon of firm updates and a celebration of our achievements.
Speakers included our Joint Managing Partners, Emma Gray and Ryan McKay, as well as our Head of Private Client, Laura McDowall, and Chair and Head of Business, Neil Robb. Partner Gillian Donald also spoke with emotion and pride about the Blackadders’ team fundraising for CHAS as their charity of the year.
Guest speaker Dave Coplin provided a fascinating keynote address. Dave has spent over thirty years helping leaders understand what technology makes possible and what we risk losing if we get it wrong. Former Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft UK, author of The Rise of the Humans and a non-executive director accountable for the transformation he advocates, Dave makes one central argument: the machines were always going to rise. The only question is whether we rise with them.
It was fantastic to have colleagues from our four Scottish offices together again.
