OUR TEAM
Andrew is the lead partner of the Licensing team and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in licensing law. He is the principal contact for the firm’s liquor licensing clients, which include Lidl Great Britain Limited, Greene King t/a Belhaven Pubs, BP Oil UK and Motor Fuels 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 Debt & Asset Recovery 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 Litigation at the University of Glasgow Diploma in Legal Practice since 2010. He is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Licensing Law Sub-Committee.
Andrew is independently recognised in Licensing and Debt Recovery in the UK’s leading legal directories, Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession and The Legal 500.
"Andrew truly has a team spirit; he has always been a pleasure to work with. He is technically astute and very commercially aware."
"Andrew is an exceptional licensing solicitor who has delivered great results. His pragmatic approach and his ability to highlight risks and opportunities enables us to make the right decisions."
"Andrew understood our issue and guided us through the process with excellent communication. His knowledge is outstanding, and his support was invaluable in this project."
"The individuals I have worked with at Harper Macleod have stood out by displaying their vast knowledge of the particular area I was involved in. I had several queries on a few areas of licensing and Andrew Hunter was able to address them all."
"Andrew Hunter is a truly lovely person to work with. Acute sense of relevant issues in cases he handles and able to give clients legally sound advice combined with understanding of practicalities of a situation. First-rate technical knowledge of licensing law."
"On the particular issues I was dealing with, I was in court with Andrew Hunter and he vigorously defended my license, studied in depth all the complaints and answered each one of them individually. This is one reason that he has stood out."
"A very responsive and commercial approach to work. Not stuffy but very much hands on approach."
"Andrew Hunter (Partner), Natalie Dissake (Partner), Keri Preece (Associate) – all with good knowledge of all relevant legislation and advise with a commercial head in mind."
"Andrew always ensures he understands our requirements and gives the best service possible to assist us and our clients in achieving a positive outcome."
"Andrew provides exceptional personal service, commercial understanding and advice and a very high level of success."