The new partners: clockwise from top left: Natalie Dissake, Amy Walsh, Kathleen Martin, Marina Harper, Andrew Mackenzie, Laura McCorquodale, Craig Ramsay and Paul Macdonald By Ian McConnell SCOTTISH law firm Harper Macleod has announced eight new partners, declaring it is emerging “strongly from a financial year dominated by the pandemic”. The eight new partners are Natalie Dissake, in the debt and asset recovery division, Amy Walsh in business development, Kathleen Martin in the private client operation, personal injury specialist Marina Harper, Andrew MacKenzie and Laura McCorquodale in dispute resolution, and Craig Ramsay and Paul Macdonald in corporate. Harper Macleod noted the appointments take its total number of partners to 74, “with 43% of those female”.
By Kristy Dorsey Scottish law firm Harper Macleod booked a small increase in profits in its last financial year despite the adverse effects of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the final weeks of trading. Led by chairman Lorne Crerar and chief executive Martin Darroch, the Glasgow-based firm said in its latest accounts filed with Companies House that it met all of its strategic aims for the year to the end of March 2020. Despite the disruption caused by Covid, “we believe we are very well-placed to make the most of the opportunities which arise now and in the future”.