Noted for ‘the depth and breadth of its licensing experience, combined with a very personal and hands-on approach’, Morton Fraser MacRoberts provides a comprehensive service to clients across a number of spaces, particularly the food and drink, hospitality, education, and public sectors. The practice is predominantly active on premises licence mandates, and also carries out in-house advisory work, including handling licence audits. Team head David Hossack has experience appearing before licensing boards and handling contentious matters. Ewan McGillivray is a key supporting name.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Range of skills and specialties available. A one-stop shop.’

  • ‘David Hossack is our lead adviser and his patience and understanding of our business and needs is exceptional.’

  • ‘David Hossack, Partner, is our main point of contact and is highly experienced and has great knowledge of the education sector.'

  • ‘I have been dealing with Morton Fraser for many years regarding my licensing matters. They know my business and my needs. They are always very efficient, quick to reply.’

  • ‘The depth and breadth of their licensing experience, combined with a very personal and hands on approach.’

  • ‘We chose to use MFM for licensing because of David Hossack. David combines technical expertise (and extensive experience) with measured and commercial advice and we hugely value his ongoing support.’

  • ‘Very efficient and knowledgeable team which provide me with a strong level of assurance that matters are in hand.'

  • ‘I have worked with this team for a number of years and over that time I have come to trust and rely upon their level of professionalism and competence to deal with the day to day activities with a minimum of input from myself but also knowing that I will be contacted on anything that needs involvement or anything I need to be aware of, which allows me to efficiently focus my limited time and resources’.

Key clients

  • Diageo Scotland Ltd
  • Accor (UK) Hotels
  • Travelodge Hotels
  • Historic Environment Scotland

Work highlights

  • Assisted Diageo in relation to prestigious visitor experience projects throughout Scotland.
  • Obtained a licence for new Diageo office premises in Glasgow.

Lawyers

Practice head

David Hossack

Other key lawyers

Ewan McGillivray