Shepherd and Wedderburn ‘has real strength in depth’ when advising high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and landowners on a broad range of private wealth and tax matters. Malcolm Rust leads the deep bench of ’highly professional’ practitioners, including Gillian Campbell, Christopher McGill, and Alexis Graham, who handle mandates concerning succession, tax planning and contentious executrices. The team is also well equipped to advise on private and business asset management mandates. Eleanor Kerr spearheads the Glasgow team, leading on cross-border inheritance tax liability cases.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Team has real strength in depth, allocating tasks to the appropriate level and with an excellent breadth of specialist expertise to draw upon. Highly professional approach with transparent billing provided on a regular basis for discussion and review.’

  • ‘Eleanor Kerr has strong experience and is always utterly professional in handling complex and challenging issues.'

  • ‘Alexis Graham has been great to work with. She has been easy to communicate with and unfailingly helpful.’

  • 'Exceptional knowledge of the law matched with commercial reality to provide an outstanding legal service.’
  • ‘Alexis Graham has the ability to listen, show empathy, analyse complex problems and identify solutions that satisfy personal and commercial reality.'

  • ‘Gillian Campbell is very professional but also personable and has a very relaxed demeanor. Always in control and never appears flustered. This reflects in an air of confidence resulting in respect which is well deserved.’

  • ‘Strong all round, plenty of capable cover, professional and yet always kind and very user friendly.’

  • ‘Gillian Campbell is ultra professional in all she says and does, but it is the feeling that you get that she really cares about you, and your family, and that she will do all she can to make sure that all of our legal matters are dealt with professionally and efficiently, but always with your family's best interest at heart.' 

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Malcolm Rust

Other key lawyers

Gillian Campbell, Christopher McGill, Alexis Graham, Eleanor Kerr