Pagan Osborne acquires Ketchen & Stevens

Fife-based Pagan Osborne has expanded its accessible personal-asset management and private-client services into Edinburgh, following the acquisition of the private client, agriculture and property divisions of Ketchen & Stevens WS.

The merged firm will initially trade as Pagan Osborne, incorporating Ketchen & Stevens private client and property. As part of the deal, Ketchen & Stevens's Glasgow office is amalgamating with the Anderson partnership, while its Edinburgh-based litigation department will move to Boyd Napier.

Pagan Osborne now plans to refurbish the former Ketchen & Stevens buildings in Queen Street and expand the Edinburgh base over the next three years. Pagan Osborne's HR director Alison Denton will be directly responsible for integrating the two firms.

Alistair Morris, Pagan Osborne's managing partner, said: 'Having an Edinburgh base is an important part of our business-development strategy and the acquisition of Ketchen & Stevens secures both very prestigious offices and a substantial portfolio of clients. It is a tremendous base from which to build and achieve our aspirations to grow the firm.

The focus of the expanded Pagan Osborne is accessible wealth management for the increasing professional market. It intends to expand its services to manage, protect and build a person's individual assets through practice areas of tax and trusts, wills and powers of attorney, discretionary investments and property.