Scots leaders swap notes as fall of banking giants casts shadow over local market

Let’s give the management of Dundas & Wilson and McGrigors the benefit of the doubt regarding assertions that their recent note-swapping meeting didn’t cover more radical possibilities. Nevertheless, the reaction that the discussions have provoked is striking, and illustrative of the unsettled mood in Scotland’s normally staid legal market, with some partners at both firms believing the pair are planning something dramatic.