Harper Macleod
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| name = Harper Macleod LLP
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| headquarters = Glasgow
| num_offices = 5
| offices = Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Lerwick and Thurso
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| key_people = Lorne Crerar, Chairman
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| date_founded = 1988
| founder = Lorne Crerar, Rod McKenzie
| company_type = Limited liability partnership
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| website = https://www.harpermacleod.co.uk/
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Harper Macleod LLP is a Scottish law firm, headquartered in Glasgow.
History
In 1988, Lorne Crerar and Rod McKenzie co-founded a new law firm called Harpers, which later took over another corporate law firm to become Harper Macleod.{{cite journal |url=http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/59-3/1013735.aspx|title=Daring to be different |journal=The Journal |publisher=The Law Society of Scotland |date=17 March 2014 |accessdate=21 January 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/putting-on-the-style-at-harper-macleod-1-1157512 |title=Putting on the style at Harper MacLeod |work=The Scotsman |date=2 March 2008 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} In 1990 the firm moved to a headquarters building in Gordon Street, Glasgow. In 2003 moved their Edinburgh office to Melville Street.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/legal-firm-that-aims-to-be-law-unto-itself-1-878932 |title=Legal firm that aims to be law unto itself |work=The Scotsman |date=13 May 2003 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} By 2008 the firm had 45 partners and 115 staff.
In September 2011 the firm were announced as the first to sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as a tier two partner deal, thought to be worth around £1million.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-14835391 |title=Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games sponsor announced |work=BBC News |date=8 September 2011 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} The firm acted as legal adviser for the 2014 games.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-32794658 |title=Law firm Harper Macleod expands after 'record' year |work=BBC News |date=19 May 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2018}}
The firm opened offices in Thurso in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Law-firm-opens-office-in-Thurso-30102012.htm |title=Law firm opens office in Thurso |work=John O'Groat Journal |date=31 October 2012 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} In August 2014, the firm announced that it was taking over private client firm Bird Semple.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-28739478 |title=Law firm Harper Macleod to merge with Bird Semple |work=BBC News |date=11 August 2014 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} In September the firm announced that it had acquired a practice in Shetland, taking the number of people in the company to almost 400.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/management/harper-macleod-pushes-into-shetland-legal-market-1-3883411 |title=Harper Macleod pushes into Shetland legal market |first=Scott |last=Reid |work=The Scotsman |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2018}} In 2016 they took over the Inverness practice Allan & Shaw.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/law/harper-macleod-expands-northern-footprint-1-4240303 |title=Harper Macleod expands northern footprint |first=Scott |last=Reid |work=The Scotsman |date=26 September 2016 |accessdate=2 May 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.harpermacleod.co.uk/}}
{{Scots law firms}}
Category:Law firms of Scotland
Category:Law firms established in 1988