Practice Areas
Corporate Finance

We work closely with clients to understand their businesses, objectives and opportunities. Chamber and Partners 2006 comments: "Shepherd and Wedderburn strides into the top band after its performance on a host of striking deals. In a great year for the "expert and able" team, it acted as lead advisers to European pharmaceutical giant ProStrakan Group in its £187 million IPO.".

We provide advice on an ongoing and project basis to public companies, financial institutions, SMEs, public bodies and start-ups throughout the UK.

The firm has been regularly ranked first in Scotland over the last decade for IPOs. The firm's London office is in its own right recommended in the London market for advising on UK domestic IPOs by the Legal 500, the only Scottish-based UK firm to be recommended. We have acted in 33 IPOs and secondary issues of listed securities since May 2004.

Our market-leading individuals operate throughout the UK across all sectors. Particular strengths include financial services, energy, oil and gas, life sciences, property companies, telecoms, technology, brewing and leisure and transport.

The expertise to deliver results

Our key specialisms include:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • IPOs
  • Secondary issues of listed securities
  • Bond issues
  • Private equity
  • Fundraisings
  • Capital markets
  • MBOs/MBIs
  • Joint ventures
  • Employee share schemes and incentives
  • Investment trusts

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