Shepherd and Wedderburn combines a wide corporate offering with a broad sector approach, handling M&A, public company takeovers, PE work, reorganisations and restructurings, and business scheme transfers and employee incentive plan variations. Some of the firm’s high-profile deals have been centred on the tech sector, while continued activity in the energy and food and drink space is also evident – the latter of which is an area of expertise for ‘pragmatic and professional’ team lead George Frier. Stephen Trombola has extensive experience handling M&A and equity capital markets work, as well as investor and investee-side PE transactions. John Morrison notably receives instructions in the renewables space, whereas Tom Swan stands out for his work on company petitions. Rodger Cairns provides further capabilities to the firm’s offering through his executive compensation and corporate governance skills.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The SW team effectively and practically guided us through an M&A transaction for the energy industry in Scotland/UK. This was a new jurisdiction for us, so they were extremely clear and executive in their work, giving relevant added value to their legal work. I also want to highlight the availability, excellence and teamwork of SW, who were key in the M&A transaction.’
‘John Morrison was exceptional at leading the SW team, as well as negotiating with a very difficult counterpart. Its added value is very high in highly complex operations.'
Key clients
- Capricorn Energy
- Virgin Money
Work highlights
- Advising ARA Europe on its acquisition of the London & Scottish Property Investment Management Group and Toscafund Asset Management LLP's investment management business in connection with Regional REIT.
- Advised Capricorn Energy plc on the cancellation of its share premium account to create approximately $495m of additional reserves.