Harper Macleod

Law firm Harper Macleod has extended its longstanding partnership with Scottish EDGE. The collaboration, now in its tenth year, has helped to support 100s of young and growing Scottish businesses.

Healthcare experts from Harper Macleod have advised the buyers of a pharmacy business in South Queensferry. AMDG Pharma Ltd is the new owner of a community pharmacy in South Queensferry, previously operated by Lloyds Pharmacy. The purchase of the business ensures the continuation of vital pharmacy s

Harper Macleod has advised the outgoing shareholders of UK creative agency Frame Group following the acquisition by its existing management team. Frame Group is a long-time client of Harper Macleod. The firm’s corporate, commercial and regulatory team advised the outgoing owners Gary O’D

Renewable energy experts from Harper Macleod have now advised on projects generating more than half of Scotland’s renewable electricity. According to the latest statistics from industry body Scottish Renewables, Scotland’s total installed capacity of renewable electricity is just over 12

In one of its first transactions of the year, law firm Harper Macleod has advised Connelly Group Holdings on its acquisition of Renfrewshire safety and security business Brookfield Alarms. Connelly Group Holdings – known by its Connelly Security Systems brand – was established in Bishopb

Scottish law firm Harper Macleod has appointed Bill Stark as debt & asset recovery consultant. Mr Stark's appointment strengthens the firm’s expertise across a wide range of service and sector teams which advise businesses, individuals, commercial landlords, public sector bodies and housin

Highland-based Caley Timber and Building Supplies has laid the foundations for further success and guaranteed the future of more than 20 jobs with a switch to employee ownership. Caley Timber and Building Supplies was established by Donald John Morrison in 2003, and with depots in Inverness and Uist

The energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod assisted Statkraft UK Limited on its sale of the operational Andershaw wind farm in South Lanarkshire to Greencoat UK Wind with the provision of project-side advice, vendor due diligence and the provision of a certificate of title. The deal f

The appeal of Scotland's entrepreneurs was strong enough to fight off the impact of Covid-19, according to Harper Macleod, which closed deals worth more than £50 million during the first year of lockdown. In the financial year from April 2020 to March 2021, the firm's corporate team closed 61

Harper Macleod recorded a small increase in profits in its last financial year, despite the onset of the pandemic in the final weeks of trading. In its latest accounts filed at Companies House, the firm said it had met all of its strategic aims for the year to March 2020.

Harper Macleod is part of a new Glasgow Business Growth Fund which can provide SMEs with access to fully funded specialist support as they try to grow amid the ongoing pandemic. Earlier this year, Harper Macleod was appointed to help Glasgow City Council (GCC) drive business growth among city's SMEs

A lawyer has urged directors of Scottish businesses to use the full extent of UK insolvency laws to avoid 'inevitable' business closures in the coming months. Gordon Hollerin, partner at Harper Macleod, was part of the firm's team which successfully helped High Street giant M&Co restructure, the

The corporate team at Harper Macleod is on course to have completed more than 30 deals worth over £50 million during the lockdown period – in a positive sign that corporate Scotland is still open for business. Since the UK's lockdown began on 23 March, the firm's team has completed 12 de

Law firm 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

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