Elaine Motion
Chairman
Balfour+Manson
Elaine Motion
Scotland
After qualifying in the mid 1980s Elaine Motion practised in Edinburgh building my litigation experience in a number of areas before heading to New Zealand where she worked as a barrister and solicitor for a number of years. After leaving Auckland in 1993, she returned to Scotland to take on a new challenge that year at Balfour+Manson, becoming a partner of the firm in 1997 and a solicitor advocate in 1999.
For many years Elaine headed up the litigation department of some 65 professionals before taking up the position of Chairman on 3rd March 2014. She follows a great tradition of equality which is a core part of what the firm stands for; Ethel Houston was the first female partner in a Scottish law firm at Balfour+Manson and is immensely proud and humbled to be the first female ‘Chairman’.
The firm is a member of Parlex, an alliance of European law firms and as part of that membership she always attended bi-annual conferences to help build cross border working relationships and best practices.