Andrew Hunter > Harper Macleod LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Harper Macleod LLP Offices

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

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0141 227 9388 [email protected]

Position

Partner

Andrew is the lead partner of the Licensing team and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Liquor Licensing Law. He is the principal contact for the firm’s liquor licensing clients, which include Belhaven Brewery Company Limited, Lidl UK GmbH and BP Oil UK Limited. His role involves providing legal advice to clients on liquor licensing, betting and gaming licensing, and civic government licensing matters. He attends the licensing boards on behalf of clients throughout Scotland.

Andrew is also a Partner in the Insolvency team, who previously won the prestigious “Insolvency Team of the Year” award at the Law Awards of Scotland and “Regional Insolvency Team of Year” at the Insolvency and Rescue Awards. His role involves providing advice to clients on debt recovery and insolvency matters, both at personal and corporate level. This includes initial insolvency work such as sequestration petitions, petitions for liquidation and appointment of administrators as well as acting for trustees, liquidators and administrators in post insolvency recovery work.

Andrew has been a part time tutor in Civil Procedure at the University of Glasgow Diploma in Legal Practice since 2010.

Memberships

Andrew is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Licensing Law Sub-Committee.

Education

LLB (Hons) Dip LP

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery

Harper Macleod LLP’s ‘well-established debt recovery practice’ houses a ‘large team of knowledgeable and experienced individuals’, who regularly act for public sector clients, individuals, and SMEs on a range of debt-related mandates. Natalie Dissake jointly leads the team alongside Andrew Hunter, providing long-term advisory services to clients and handling heritable property-related matters. The team is further bolstered by Eilidh Crawford and Lyndsay McMahon, who assist on litigation and insolvency mandates.

Scotland > Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing

(Leading partners)

Andrew Hunter – Harper Macleod LLP

With a ‘very responsive and commercial approach to work’, Harper Macleod LLP excels at providing licensing advice to a broad host of clients in the hospitality and retail sectors, particularly specialising in premises licence applications. A core component of the firm’s work focuses on petrol stations, with practice head Andrew Hunter providing ‘first-rate technical knowledge’ to clients such as Motor Fuel Limited and BP Oil with regards to premises and site acquisitions. Other work includes handling short-term letting applications and appearances, as well as acting in disputes. Often supporting Hunter on the firm’s key mandates, Angus Brown acts on a range of contentious and non-contentious work.

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