Stuart Chalmers was born on June 30, 1952, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, a country whose legal system has remained distinct from that of England and Wales since the Acts of Union of 1707.
His documented professional life is centred on England, where Bermans is regulated to provide legal services in England and Wales and maintains its offices in the North West.
Stuart Chalmers worked as a partner of Bermans, a commercial law firm founded in Liverpool in 1970 by Keith Berman. The firm began as a litigation practice with a main focus on debt recovery and commercial litigation, and later expanded into a full-service commercial practice advising owner-managed and SME businesses, investors, and funders. Bermans is a solicitors' practice authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
The firm opened a Manchester office in 1985 and moved its Liverpool premises to Pioneer Buildings in 1990 before relocating to Exchange Station in 2005. Its Manchester office moved to One King Street in 2018. In September 2022, MAPD Group acquired a majority stake in Bermans, a group formed to support the growth of local law firms through acquisition.
