Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS) is taking seven partners from collapsed Scots firm Semple Fraser, including managing partner Simon Etchells, following the news earlier this week that the 20-partner firm is going into administration.

The seven partners, all of which are from Semple Fraser’s Glasgow office, comprise a six-partner real estate team, which is moving across the city to MMS’s Glasgow base, while Semple Fraser’s head of corporate and renewables Bill Fowler is joining MMS in Edinburgh.