Shepherd and Wedderburn solutions

Corporate and Commercial
Our corporate clients know that they can rely on us to help them achieve their business objectives efficiently and effectively. Whether raising finance, undertaking M&A activity, exploiting or protecting intellectual property or going to market with a new product or service, our teams have the necessary experience and expertise.


We listen very carefully to what our corporate clients want to achieve and work closely with them to help accomplish their goals. Our clients trust us to execute on their most complex and demanding transactions and to help them with their core business challenges.

We bring together teams of lawyers with the necessary sectoral experience and technical expertise to ensure that each deal or assignment goes as smoothly as possible. Whether advising on renewable energy transactions, VC funding of technology companies, private equity-backed M&A in the life sciences sector, “company-making” commercial contracts or international brand protection, our lawyers understand the commercial drivers and have the experience to foresee potential issues before they arise – because we succeed when our clients do.

We have expertise in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including:


Joanna Boag-Thomson

Partner

Paul Carlyle

Partner

Gavin Charlton

Partner

Stephen Miller

Partner

John Morrison

Partner

Alison Rochester

Partner

Stephen Trombala

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Alasdair Anderson

Senior Associate

Sophie Bailey

Senior Associate

Melanie Belford

Director

Andrew Blain

Managing Partner

Walter Blake

Partner

Joanna Boag-Thomson

Partner

Daniel Boynton

Senior Associate

Hannah Bruce

Senior Associate

Andrew Buchan

Senior Solicitor

Rodger Cairns

Consultant

Paul Carlyle

Partner

Gavin Charlton

Partner

Aine Coll

Solicitor

Joseph Fitzgibbon

Senior Associate

Nikki Forde

Solicitor

Roddy Forgie

Director

George Frier

Partner

Madeleine Gill

Solicitor

Joanne Griffin

Consultant Solicitor

Cameron Kane

Associate

Philip Knowles

Partner

Kirstin Mackay

Senior Solicitor

Cath Macrae

Senior Associate

Murron Marr

Senior Solicitor

Ashley McLean

Director

Jamie McRorie

Partner

Stephen Miller

Partner

John Morrison

Partner

Matt Phillip

Partner

Alison Rochester

Partner

Erin Ryan

Senior Solicitor

Philip Sewell

Partner

Georgia Shirreffs

Senior Solicitor

Douglas Sinclair

Partner

Christina Sinclair

Senior Professional Support Lawyer

Euan Small

Senior Solicitor

Donald Smith

Partner

Tom Swan

Partner

Susan Swan

Partner

Stephen Trombala

Partner

Alison White

Consultant

Keir Willox

Partner

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