Harper Macleod LLP | |
Headquarters: | Glasgow |
Num 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]