Intellectual property law firm Marks and Clerk has opened a new office in Edinburgh’s BioQuarter.
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed Marks and Clerk to the medical research centre on Tuesday.
Marks and Clerk will share its new office in laboratory building Nine with Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens.
Research companies Science Squared and R-Biomedical will also move into BioQuarter.
Salmond said: “[The companies’] opening at BioQuarter increases the concentration of life sciences companies at Edinburgh’s centre of excellence, and it represents a significant boost for a sector that is growing jobs and economic opportunities in Scotland.”