Harper Macleod

Following on from the launch of the new First Home Fund, Harper Macleod held a special briefing for solicitors who regularly act for shared-equity scheme purchasers. The First Home Fund is a £150 million national pilot scheme to provide first-time buyers with up to £25,000 towards the pu

Harper Macleod has been tasked with helping to drive forward business growth in Glasgow over the next three years. The firm is one of the consultants chosen by Glasgow City Council to provide advice to SMEs through the authority's Business Growth Consultancy Framework, which aims to deliver sustaina

Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman of Harper Macleod, has been presented with his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) honour in an Investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Recognised as one of the leading figures in the Scottish legal profession, Professor Crerar, wh

Harper Macleod has advised Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for the country's most ambitious entrepreneurs, on a deal which saw £500,000 added to the prize pot courtesy of Scottish Enterprise. The firm, which has been a supporter of Scottish EDGE since it launched in 2012, has also signe

Harper Macleod has recruited Peter McLuckie, formerly legal and compliance director at Baxters Food Group, as a senior associate in its Elgin office. Mr McLuckie, a corporate lawyer with specialist knowledge of the food & drink sector, had a long career as an in-house adviser at the highest leve

Chris Kerr, a partner in the corporate team at Harper Macleod who has been at the forefront of the firm's growth in the Highlands, Islands and Moray, has been named as one of the UK’s "most daring, innovative and creative lawyers" by a legal publication. He is one of only two lawyers from a Sc

Harper Macleod has won a competitive tender to be appointed as principal adviser to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), the country’s biggest landowner, on a wide range of legal services. The appointment means that Harper Macleod has continuously advised the government body responsible for manag

Harper Macleod has been appointed by the Scottish government to help administer all of its shared equity home-buying schemes – including the newly announced First Home Fund. The First Home Fund shared equity scheme is the latest in a series of initiatives to help first-time buyers purchase a p

Harper Macleod has been appointed to the panel of legal advisers for five local authorities including The City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) following a recent competitive tender. The firm, which has offices at CityPoint in Haymarket, will provide specialist legal advisory support to the in-house legal

Last night saw Harper Macleod host the first of its quarterly construction club seminars.

An Inverness-based partner at Harper Macleod has become one of only two lawyers accredited as a crofting law specialist by the Law Society of Scotland. Calum MacLeod, a fluent Gaelic speaker originally from the Isle of Skye, has received the specialist accreditation in recognition of his particular

Harper Macleod has been appointed legal advisers to 4icg Group. Headquartered in Glasgow and operating across more than 30 countries, 4icg works with technology brands through its three subsidiary companies: Fierce Digital, Pursuit Marketing and Software Advisory Service.

A delegation of Chinese lawyers were welcomed to Harper Macleod's Edinburgh office as part of a two-week trip to learn more about UK immigration law.

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Harper Macleod has advised City Property on a series of three complex funding arrangements totalling £646 million. City Property is ultimately controlled by Glasgow City Council, which required the funding to meet its obligations under the equal pay settlement it agreed with members of staff.