Graeme Nisbet > Harper Macleod LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Harper Macleod LLP
THE CA'D'ORO
45 GORDON STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3PE
United Kingdom
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Position

Partner

Graeme is Head of our Rural Team and Project Partner for a number of the firm’s key clients including Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), NatureScot, Scottish Forestry and Cairngorms National Park Authority.

He and his 15-strong Rural Team are not only specialists in the law but have a deep understanding of the commercial opportunities which arise in Scotland’s thriving modern rural communities – acting for estate, farming and woodland owners, including private landowners and tenants, public bodies and community groups.

As Project Partner, Graeme has worked with FLS since 2008, providing advice on a variety of sensitive and/or strategic matters in addition to leading the team of solicitors providing property and land management advice to FLS.

Graeme represents a wide range of rural landowners and tenants advising on acquisitions and disposals, leases, land management agreements, farm-based AD plants, natural capital investments and carbon capture agreements.

In addition, Graeme also remains Client Relationship Partner for a number of commercial clients with large property portfolios, providing advice on property matters, including acquisitions, disposals, development, leasing, estate management and property finance.

Education

LLB (Hons) NP

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Agriculture and estates

The ‘tenacious, accurate, and experienced’ team at Harper Macleod LLP acts for a wide roster of clients, including rural property owners and private sector bodies, handling the full range of agricultural and estate mandates. The practice showcases a ‘vast wealth of knowledge’ in forestry, natural heritage, and crofting work. Graeme Nisbet leads the team, broadening the practice’s offering to include natural heritage and national park authority cases, while Calum MacLeod specialises in crofting, agricultural tenancies, and general rural property matters. Focusing on farm acquisition and expansion mandates, Tom Gray also leads on commercial forest sales, and tenancy implementation issues. Hannah McIntosh is another key contact in the team.