Harper Macleod LLP acts for social housing clients in the charity sector, instructing the team to negotiate and assist with financial objectives. The practice also regularly advises on the full range of data protection and regulatory matters. James McMorrow and Derek Hogg jointly lead the team, with extensive experience in acting for charities on commercial, regulatory, and compliance mandates. With a focus on contentious cases, Jennifer Jack handles judicial review appeals against public bodies and regulators. Fiona Killen is another key contact in the group.
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Key clients
- Kilravock Charity Trust
- Bowls Scotland
- ROHHAD Association
- Grampian Housing Association Limited
- Blackwood Homes and Care
- retailTRUST
- Inspiring Scotland
- National Autistic Society
- Wheatley Housing Group Limited
- Caledonia Housing Association Limited
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Glasgow City Council
Work highlights
- Acted for Link in negotiating and finalising terms of a new £70.7 million term and revolving credit facility with Bank of Scotland, to be used in furtherance of Link Group’s affordable housing developments, including specific sustainability performance targets which, dependent upon them being met, will deliver improved loan pricing to Link as borrower, thereby evidencing the lender’s own “green finance” objectives.
- Acting for ICAS, the global professional membership organisation and business network for Chartered Accountants in relation to the dissolution of a Scottish charity, the Scottish Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Fund and the transfer of its business and assets to a newly-incorporated Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, ICAS Cares.
- Representing Greenpeace in two separate Judicial Reviews challenging consents by the UK Government to allow Shell UK and Equinor to produce oil and gas from the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields respectively.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James McMorrow, Derek Hogg