Murgitroyd

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| firm_name = Murgitroyd

| headquarters = Glasgow

| num_offices = 22

| practice_areas = Intellectual Property

| date_founded = 1975

| company_type = Private limited company

| key_people = {{ubl

|Gordon Stark

|(Chief Executive Officer)

|Kathryn Andrew

|(Chief Transformation Officer)

|Keith Jones

|(Chief Revenue Officer)

|Thomas Gibb

|(Chief Compliance Officer)

|John Gillies

|(Chief People Officer)

|Alastair Rutter

|(Chief Technology Officer)

|Steve Robertson

|(Chief Financial Officer)

}}

| homepage = {{URL|murgitroyd.com}}

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Murgitroyd is an international practice of intellectual property attorneys, headquartered in Glasgow, which specialises in patents, trade marks, designs and copyrights. The practice was established in 1975 and currently has 22 offices worldwide, and over 440 employees.

History

Murgitroyd was founded as a sole practitioner practice in Glasgow, Scotland by Ian Murgitroyd in 1975. The practice became a partnership in 1977 and was incorporated in 1993. It is currently a standalone private limited company ultimately owned by Sovereign Capital. Prior to its acquisition by Sovereign Capital in 2019,{{cite web|title=Patent and trademark attorney firm Murgitroyd Group snapped up for £63m – The Scotsman|date=18 October 2019 |url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/patent-and-trademark-attorney-firm-murgitroyd-group-snapped-up-for-63m-1-5029183}} the Murgitroyd group was listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, having floated in 2001.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/murgitroyd-set-to-raise-its-trade-mark-with-aim-listing-1-1357394|title=Murgitroyd AIM Listing – The Scotsman}}

Acquisitions

Murgitroyd has acquired a number of practices since the turn of the century:

2003: Cabinet Bonneau based in Nice, France
2005: Castles based in London, England{{cite web|title=Murgitroyd in £4m swoop for trademark rival Castle – The Scotsman|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/management/murgitroyd-in-163-4m-swoop-for-trademark-rival-castle-1-671255}}
2006: Fitzpatricks based in Glasgow {{cite web|title=Patent and trademark specialist Murgitroyd swallows old rival – The Herald|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12431970.patent-and-trademark-specialist-murgitroyd-swallows-old-rival/}}
2008: Kennedys based in Glasgow, Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne, England{{cite web|title=Murgitroyd snaps up Kennedys in £3.4m deal – The Scotsman|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business-2-15069/murgitroyd-snaps-up-kennedys-in-163-3-4m-deal-1-1250985}}
2009: Raworth Moss & Cook based in London, England {{cite web|title=Murgitroyd buys Raworth Moss & Cook – Growth Business|date=19 January 2009 |url=https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/murgitroyd-buys-raworth-moss-and-cook-988962/}}
2013: Patentanwalt Liu based in Munich, Germany
2016: Patentvest based in Managua, Nicaragua
2019: Chapman IP based in Southampton, England {{cite web|title=Murgitroyd grows in Ireland with acquisition of Hanna Moore + Curley - Scottish Legal News|url=https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/murgitroyd-grows-in-ireland-with-acquisition-of-hanna-moore-curley}}
2021: Hanna Moore + Curley, based in Dublin, Ireland, and Dalian, China.{{Cite web|title=Murgitroyd grows in Ireland with acquisition of Hanna Moore + Curley|url=https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/murgitroyd-grows-in-ireland-with-acquisition-of-hanna-moore-curley|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Scottish Legal News|language=en}}
2021: UDL Intellectual Property, based in Leeds, Cardiff, London, Milton Keynes, and Newcastle, England.{{Cite web|title=Scotland-based patent law firm buys English rival|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/19687044.patent-law-firm-based-glasgow-buys-rival-hq-leeds/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}
2022: Creation IP, based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Most recently, the UK-based IP firm TLIP, based in Leeds and Cambridge, joined Murgitroyd in December 2022.{{Cite web|title=IP firm Murgitroyd targets growth with fourth acquisition in two years|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23179801.ip-firm-murgitroyd-targets-growth-fourth-acquisition-two-years/|access-date=2022-12-09|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}

Offices

Murgitroyd has twenty offices in Europe — in the United Kingdom, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland — and direct representation rights in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Furthermore, the practice also has two client liaison offices in the United States of America, an office in Dalian, China and a further office in Nicaragua specialising in patent searching, technical illustration and docketing.{{cite web|title=Nicaragua office – The Scotsman|date=24 June 2016 |url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/law/patent-firm-murgitroyd-seals-us-and-nicaragua-deals-1-4162782}}

Industry rankings

Murgitroyd was awarded the highest ranking across all sector categories in the Financial Times 2019 Survey of Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms.{{cite news|title=Financial Times 2019 Survey of Europe's leading Patent law firms|newspaper=Financial Times |date=9 July 2019 |url=http://www.ft.com/content/f3956af0-a16b-11e9-a282-2df48f366f7d}}

Murgitroyd was also ranked in the top tier of the Managing Intellectual Property IPStars 2016 guide in Scotland, features in The Legal 500 (UK) directory and the Chambers & Partners directory, and has also gained ISO 9000 accreditation and a gold status ranking from the Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000.{{cite web|title=Murgitroyd accreditations|url=http://www.murgitroyd.com/about/#link-credits|website=Murgitroyd|date=6 January 2016 }}

References

External links

[http://www.murgitroyd.com/ Official site]
[http://www.legal500.com/firms/92038-murgitroyd/offices/92038-glasgow-scotland/profile Legal 500 Directory]
[http://www.ipstars.com/firms/murgitroyd/f-955 Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars]

Category:Intellectual property law firms

Category:Companies based in Glasgow