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21 February 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn announced as headline sponsor of RICS CPD conference

After a successful sponsorship of RICS’ Dispute Resolution Conference in December, Shepherd and Wedderburn are announced as the headline sponsor of RICS CPD Day in Dunblane on 9th March.

20 February 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn acts for TVSquared in US$6.5 million series A funding

TVSquared, the provider of the leading same-day TV attribution platform, has raised an additional US$6.5 million in a series A funding round led by West Coast Capital, with matched funding from the Scottish Investment Bank.

16 February 2017

Scottish court finds four pension schemes validly amended despite paucity of documentation

Shepherd & Wedderburn’s Commercial Litigation team has secured a favourable ruling for clients in The Trustees of the Johnston Press Pension Plan and others [2017] CSOH 21, a decision that confirms the common-sense approach applied by the Scottish courts in reviewing pension scheme amendments and provides four examples of circumstances in which the Scottish courts will presume that what ought to have been done was done, in the absence of clear evidence either way.

8 February 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn closes deals of £5.7bn

The 2016 Corporate Review, just published, reveals a busy year for the corporate team acted who acted on over 72 deals spanning 12 sectors, including: energy and natural resources; media and technology; life sciences; and financial services. Collectively, the value of these deals amounted to £5.7 billion.

27 January 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn act for Masdar in purchasing stake in Hywind floating offshore windfarm

Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted alongside lead adviser, Allen & Overy, for Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, in a deal that sees Masdar acquire a 25% stake in Statoil’s Hywind Scotland floating offshore windfarm.

26 January 2017

Acquisition of 21MW Ashford Gas-Fired Peaking Project completes

Shepherd and Wedderburn advise on the construction of UK gas-fired peaking power project for Eider Reserve Power.

25 January 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn help Scotland’s low-carbon entrepreneurs and developers

For the third year in a row, Shepherd and Wedderburn is sponsoring the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation’s Low Carbon Ideas Lab.

12 January 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn supports Trussell Trust foodbanks at Christmas

In the run-up to the festive period, staff at Shepherd and Wedderburn stocked up on food and toiletry supplies to donate to their local Trussell Trust foodbanks.

9 January 2017

Shepherd and Wedderburn supports All-Energy as headline sponsor for third successive year

Shepherd and Wedderburn is once again headline sponsor of All-Energy, the UK's largest renewable and low carbon energy event.

6 January 2017

Finance deal will save Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council £21m

Shepherd and Wedderburn advises GIB on fifth signing of Green Loan - the first to a London borough - to finance ambitious low energy street lighting project.

19 December 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn voted a top twenty best legal adviser

Law firm, Shepherd and Wedderburn has been voted a ‘best legal adviser’ in Legal Week’s Best Legal Adviser Report 2016-17

6 December 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn hosts festive football tournament

Shepherd and Wedderburn kicked off the festive season with a 5-aside football tournament for clients and contacts, organised by members of the firm’s London office.

5 December 2016

University of St Andrews’ £25m green energy centre scoops sustainable development award

The University of St Andrews’ £25m green energy centre has won a top award for sustainable development at the 2016 Scottish Green Energy Awards for its £25m biomass facility.

5 December 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn headline sponsor at RICS inaugural conference

Shepherd and Wedderburn is headline sponsor to the RICS Dispute Resolution Conference which takes place at Edinburgh’s International Conference Centre on Thursday 8th December.

30 November 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn targets growth in Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland

Shepherd and Wedderburn has today announced further expansion of its Aberdeen operations through the acquisition of The Commercial Law Practice (CLP), an independent business law firm, which has provided legal services dedicated to the business community in Aberdeen and surrounding areas for more than 20 years.

21 November 2016

FanDuel and DraftKings announce proposed merger

Shepherd and Wedderburn and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati acted for FanDuel in its proposed conditional merger with DraftKings, which was announced on Friday.

16 November 2016

Property 2016 explores the future of the UK property industry

Last week, leading players from the property industry gathered at Property 2016, an event now in its 17th year, which delivered as predicted a stellar speaker line up and much to discuss.

15 November 2016

Car salesman asks: Are we needed?

The credo of the consummate sales professional is to focus on the benefits of a product and less so on its features. And so, at the Property 2016 conference in Edinburgh last week, that’s exactly what AECOM’s Head of Urban Development, Chris Choa did when he spoke about the implications and opportunities presented by the development and large-scale adoption in our cities of autonomous vehicles (AKA driverless cars).

14 November 2016

Charity praises Shepherd and Wedderburn commitment to young people

The education charity, Impressive People, has praised Shepherd and Wedderburn's commitment to helping young people after last week's Investors In Young People Profiling Event at the firm's Edinburgh office.

1 November 2016

What impact will driverless cars have on urban development?

Driverless cars are due to appear on UK roads sooner than most probably imagine but how will they impact urban development going forward?

31 October 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn advises GIB on major local authority streetlight financing

The Banking and Finance team at law firm, Shepherd and Wedderburn, advised GIB on the latest deployment of the Green Loan to Kent County Council, the largest to date.

27 October 2016

5 reasons to attend Property 2016

Find out more about the top five reasons why Property 2016 is a must for anyone involved in the property industry.

27 October 2016

Banking and finance expert contributes to new book on Secured Transactions

Shepherd and Wedderburn Banking and Finance Partner, Dr Hamish Patrick joins other eminent finance lawyers to produce a new authoritative legal text: Secured Transactions Law Reform: Principles, Policies and Practice, published by Bloomsbury.

25 October 2016

Shepherd and Wedderburn Partner contributes to new Scottish charity law guide

Shepherd and Wedderburn Partner and Head of the firm’s Charities Group, Malcolm Rust has joined other leading charity lawyers to produce a new authoritative legal text: A Practical Guide to Charity Law in Scotland.