IP law firm Harrison Goddard Foote has acquired London trademark practice Grant Spencer LLP.
The two firms will be merged under the HGF brand.
Grant Spencer, previously Grant Spencer Caisley & Porteous, has provided trademark and design protection and enforcement services since 1974.
HGF was set up in 1995 and is a full service firm with six specialist business groups – chemistry and pharmaceuticals; electronics and software; engineering; life sciences; nanotechnology and trademarks – and 10 UK offices.
Claire Hutchinson, principal at Grant Spencer, said: “I am delighted to be joining forces with such a leading firm.”
Paul Sanderson, chief executive of HGF Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, said Hutchinson “has a great reputation” and added: “her client base is an excellent fit with HGF.”
David Potter, HGF’s head of trademarks added: “The HGF Trade Mark Group is already extremely successful nationally and internationally … with Claire Hutchinson and her team, we can build further on this existing platform”.