HGF Office

Edinburgh

Regus Edinburgh Princes St
83 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2ER

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HGF is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service both across Scotland and internationally. Contact us to find out how we can work with your business.

Tel. +44 (0)131 220 7500

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HGF opened its third Scotland-based office, Edinburgh, in 2012 to support the research and development work being carried out across the city’s world-leading companies and universities.

With the firm’s ambitions to grow and to provide additional expertise into new markets, the team relocated to new premises in 2020.

Our patent and trade mark attorneys based in Edinburgh specialise in chemistry, engineering and electronics. The team provides a high-quality, bespoke IP service to leading Scottish SMEs and highly-innovative individuals, along with international blue-chip companies.

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