Why Use Us?

Our experienced team of IP & Technology law specialists will understand and deliver on your business objectives. Our focus is on your business.

Our Expertise

Our IP & Technology teams are top ranked and very experienced. We have been awarded the best Scottish Patent Contentious Firm for 3 years running at the Managing Intellectual Property Awards 2008, 2009 & 2010 and were awarded the best Scottish Trade Mark /Copyright Contentious Firm in the same awards in 2010. We were also awarded Trademarks Law Firm Of The Year, Scotland in the ACQ Finance Magazine Law Awards 2009.

We are consistently top ranked in the leading directories of law firms, Chambers UK and Legal 500. Recent quotes from these publications include:

"very coherent advice, and never wasting time"
"compares favourably with the magic circle firms"
"incredibly strong for both contentious and non-contentious work"
"meticulous attention to detail"
"communicate with their clients effectively"
"acted for household brands"

Our Clients

We have enormous breadth of experience by sector across our Business and Dispute Resolution teams.

Our clients operate in sectors as diverse as:

Financial Services and Investments
Energy and Natural Resources
Food & Drink
Life Sciences/Pharma
Retail & Leisure
Clothing & Fashion
IT Services
Digital Media and Entertainment
Video Games and Interactive Media
Publishing
Provision of Information, Education and Training

Our Connections

Many of our clients have international interests. Our membership of the Lex Mundi global network of lawyers enables us to handle legal issues quickly in the majority of jurisdictions worldwide.

We have close relationships and links with a number of trade mark agents and patent attorneys to implement IP searches, investigations and filings.

How We Work

We work your way - clear, practical, commercial and quick.

Many of our lawyers have worked in-house on secondment making them commercial, responsive and ideally placed to understand our clients' pressures and needs.

We enjoy working with our clients and they enjoy working with us.