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| Headquarters | Glasgow |
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| No. of offices | 5 |
| Offices | Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Lerwick and Thurso |
| Key people | Lorne Crerar, Chairman |
| Date founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Lorne Crerar, Rod McKenzie |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | https://www.harpermacleod.co.uk/ |
Harper Macleod LLP is a Scottish law firm, headquartered in Glasgow.
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. [1] [2] In 1990 the firm moved to a headquarters building in Gordon Street, Glasgow. In 2003 moved their Edinburgh office to Melville Street. [3] By 2008 the firm had 45 partners and 115 staff. [2]
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. [4] The firm acted as legal adviser for the 2014 games. [5]
The firm opened offices in Thurso in 2012. [6] In August 2014, the firm announced that it was taking over private client firm Bird Semple. [7] In September the firm announced that it had acquired a practice in Shetland, taking the number of people in the company to almost 400. [8] In 2016 they took over the Inverness practice Allan & Shaw. [9]
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