diff --git a/loki/frontend/fparser.py b/loki/frontend/fparser.py
index 613adc568..66562e697 100644
--- a/loki/frontend/fparser.py
+++ b/loki/frontend/fparser.py
@@ -1493,31 +1493,7 @@ def visit_Associate_Construct(self, o, **kwargs):
         kwargs['scope'] = associate
 
         # Put associate expressions into the right scope and determine type of new symbols
-        rescoped_associations = []
-        for expr, name in associations:
-            # Put symbols in associated expression into the right scope
-            expr = AttachScopesMapper()(expr, scope=parent_scope)
-
-            # Determine type of new names
-            if isinstance(expr, (sym.TypedSymbol, sym.MetaSymbol)):
-                # Use the type of the associated variable
-                _type = expr.type.clone(parent=None)
-                if isinstance(expr, sym.Array) and expr.dimensions is not None:
-                    shape = ExpressionDimensionsMapper()(expr)
-                    if shape == (sym.IntLiteral(1),):
-                        # For a scalar expression, we remove the shape
-                        shape = None
-                    _type = _type.clone(shape=shape)
-            else:
-                # TODO: Handle data type and shape of complex expressions
-                shape = ExpressionDimensionsMapper()(expr)
-                if shape == (sym.IntLiteral(1),):
-                    # For a scalar expression, we remove the shape
-                    shape = None
-                _type = SymbolAttributes(BasicType.DEFERRED, shape=shape)
-            name = name.clone(scope=associate, type=_type)
-            rescoped_associations += [(expr, name)]
-        associations = as_tuple(rescoped_associations)
+        associate._derive_local_symbol_types(parent_scope=parent_scope)
 
         # The body
         body = as_tuple(flatten(self.visit(c, **kwargs) for c in o.children[assoc_stmt_index+1:end_assoc_stmt_index]))
diff --git a/loki/ir/nodes.py b/loki/ir/nodes.py
index e0281e068..a4f44e005 100644
--- a/loki/ir/nodes.py
+++ b/loki/ir/nodes.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass as dataclass_validated
 from pydantic import model_validator
 
-from loki.expression import Variable, parse_expr
+from loki.expression import (
+    symbols as sym, Variable, parse_expr, AttachScopesMapper,
+    ExpressionDimensionsMapper
+)
 from loki.frontend.source import Source
 from loki.scope import Scope
 from loki.tools import flatten, as_tuple, is_iterable, truncate_string, CaseInsensitiveDict
@@ -514,6 +517,36 @@ def inverse_map(self):
     def variables(self):
         return tuple(v for _, v in self.associations)
 
+    def _derive_local_symbol_types(self, parent_scope):
+        """ Derive the types of locally defined symbols from their associations. """
+
+        rescoped_associations = ()
+        for expr, name in self.associations:
+            # Put symbols in associated expression into the right scope
+            expr = AttachScopesMapper()(expr, scope=parent_scope)
+
+            # Determine type of new names
+            if isinstance(expr, (sym.TypedSymbol, sym.MetaSymbol)):
+                # Use the type of the associated variable
+                _type = expr.type.clone(parent=None)
+                if isinstance(expr, sym.Array) and expr.dimensions is not None:
+                    shape = ExpressionDimensionsMapper()(expr)
+                    if shape == (sym.IntLiteral(1),):
+                        # For a scalar expression, we remove the shape
+                        shape = None
+                    _type = _type.clone(shape=shape)
+            else:
+                # TODO: Handle data type and shape of complex expressions
+                shape = ExpressionDimensionsMapper()(expr)
+                if shape == (sym.IntLiteral(1),):
+                    # For a scalar expression, we remove the shape
+                    shape = None
+                _type = SymbolAttributes(BasicType.DEFERRED, shape=shape)
+            name = name.clone(scope=self, type=_type)
+            rescoped_associations += ((expr, name),)
+
+        self._update(associations=rescoped_associations)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         if self.associations:
             associations = ', '.join(f'{str(var)}={str(expr)}'