Burnett & Reid

What Burnett & Reid does

Burnett & Reid LLP is a Scottish limited liability partnership and one of Scotland's longest-established legal firms, founded in 1754 and headquartered in Aberdeen. The firm operates a partner-led, regionally focused practice serving individuals, families, SMEs, charities, and agricultural/rural clients across North East Scotland, with offices at 1 Albyn Place (Aberdeen HQ), Banchory Business Centre, and a dedicated Property Shop on Union Street. It is regulated by The Law Society of Scotland and holds specialist accreditations including STEP membership, Family Law Association affiliation, and Law Society accredited family law specialists.

Name

Burnett & Reid

Legal name

Burnett & Reid LLP

Website

https://burnett-reid.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1754

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (525920)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAAANAA

Personal & Family Trust Services

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Trust & Fiduciary Services (Trust Companies, Estate & Custody Trusts)

SECONDARYBPAHAAAI

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHALAG

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Research, Analytics & Expert Services

Keywords

• Legal services
• Estate agency
• Conveyancing services
• Private client law
• Rural property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Aberdeen

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Time-based legal fees for professional legal services including private client work (Wills, Powers of Attorney, Executry, Trusts), family law, criminal defence, litigation, property law, corporate services, employment law, and rural/agricultural legal services. Clients are billed according to matter complexity and time spent.
2. Estate Agency Services: Property sales and purchases through ASPC portal with in-house estate agency team. Fees likely include valuation, marketing, and conveyancing services bundled or separate.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Burnett & Reid LLP is a Scottish law firm providing comprehensive legal services across three categories: Personal/Private Client (Wills, Executry, Power of Attorney, Family Law, Criminal Defence, Litigation), Property (conveyancing, estate agency through ASPC, mortgages, commercial and rural property), and Business (corporate, M&A, commercial contracts, IP, employment, renewable energy). The firm also operates an integrated estate agency through the ASPC portal.

Product overview

Burnett & Reid LLP is a Scottish law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services across three main categories: Personal/Private Client services (Wills, Executry, Power of Attorney, Family Law, Criminal Defence, Litigation, Charities, Guardianships, Inheritance Tax Planning, Trusts, Divorce, Child Law, Road Traffic), Property services (Conveyancing, Estate Agency through ASPC, Mortgages, Commercial Property, Development Land, Rural/Equestrian Property), and Business services (Corporate, M&A, Commercial Contracts, Intellectual Property, Employment, Renewable Energy, Land Management, Shipping & Aviation). The firm operates a unified service model combining estate agency and legal services, with integrated online payment processing through Legl. The ASPC Property Search portal provides property listing access as part of the Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wills
• Executry
• Power of Attorney
• Family Law
• Criminal Defence
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Charities
• Guardianships
• Inheritance Tax Planning
• Trusts
• Divorce & Separation
• Pre-Nuptial & Post-Nuptial Agreements
• Child Law
• Road Traffic
• Cohabitation
• Purchases & Sales (Conveyancing)
• Estate Agency
• Mortgages
• Title Transfers
• Buy To Let
• Commercial Property
• Development Land
• Property Rights & Boundary Disputes
• Equestrian & Rural Property
• Incorporation & Restructuring
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Services
• Commercial Contracts
• Intellectual Property
• Employment
• Renewable Energy
• Rural Property
• Land Management
• Shipping & Aviation

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ASPC (Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBurnett & Reid is a proud member of ASPC, the largest residential property portal in the North East of Scotland. Through this partnership, the firm's property listings are marketed on the ASPC platform, and the firm can facilitate all aspects of property transactions from estate agency advertising through to legal contract and conveyancing.
• Family Law AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBurnett & Reid's family law team members, including Judith Meil and Catriona MacLeod, are members of the Family Law Association, a professional body committed to resolving family disputes constructively. The firm participates in Family Law Association activities and standards.
• CALM Scotland (Family Mediation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBurnett & Reid is associated with CALM Scotland, the national body for family mediation established in 1993. Judith Meil, Director of Family Law, is a founding member of CALM Scotland. The firm offers family mediation services through CALM-accredited mediators.
• The Law Society of ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBurnett & Reid LLP is regulated by The Law Society of Scotland as a legal practice. The firm maintains professional indemnity insurance under the Master Policy for Professional Indemnity Insurance of the Law Society of Scotland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morton Fraser: Scottish full-service law firm with comparable private client, family, property, and corporate offerings. Overlapping target market and service mix make it a relevant mid-sized Scottish competitor to Burnett & Reid.
• Ledingham Chalmers LLP: Aberdeen-based full-service Scottish law firm with comparable geographic focus on North East Scotland. Offers overlapping private client, property, corporate, and agricultural practices, making it the closest head-to-head regional competitor to Burnett & Reid.
• Turcan Connell: Edinburgh-based specialist in private client, trusts, executry, and tax planning for HNW individuals and families. Highly comparable to Burnett & Reid's STEP-led trust and executry practice, though operating from a different city.
• Anderson Strathern: Edinburgh-headquartered Scottish full-service firm with strong private client, family, and rural/landed-estate practices. Comparable to Burnett & Reid in its Scottish-wide reach and depth in private client and rural property work.
• Aberdein Considine: Scottish full-service firm with multiple offices including Aberdeen. Like Burnett & Reid, it combines legal services with estate agency activity, making it a strong comparable on the integrated legal-plus-property model.
• MacRoberts LLP: Glasgow and Edinburgh-headquartered Scottish full-service firm. Comparable to Burnett & Reid on private client, commercial property, and corporate work, though operating from central belt rather than North East Scotland.
• Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace: Long-established Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire law firm serving individuals, families, and businesses. Competes directly with Burnett & Reid across conveyancing, private client, family law, and commercial services in the same regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Savills: Global real estate services firm operating in Scottish estate agency and rural property markets. Relevant as a broad incumbent on the estate agency side of Burnett & Reid's integrated legal-plus-property offering.
• Brodies LLP: Largest Scottish law firm by headcount, offering full-service corporate, commercial, real estate, and private client work. Represents a broader incumbent against Burnett & Reid for larger commercial and HNW mandates in Scotland.
• Shepherd and Wedderburn: Major Scottish full-service firm with national reach across corporate, commercial real estate, energy, and private client. A larger incumbent competing for renewable energy, commercial property, and corporate mandates in Burnett & Reid's territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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