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Leading UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has advised Bowleven plc on a direct subscription and placing of shares to raise £13.3 million.  The proceeds of this direct subscription and placing will principally be used to fund FEED activities in respect of a proposed development of the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon – the final investment decision in respect of that development is being targeted for mid-2014.

The Shepherd and Wedderburn team was led by corporate partner, Stephen Trombala.

Leading UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for the Miller Group Limited in a group reorganisation which involved, amongst other things, a court approved scheme of arrangement and two court approved reductions of capital.

The Shepherd and Wedderburn team was led by Corporate Partner Andrew Blain and included Stephen Miller (Corporate Tax Partner), Andrew Hall (Real Estate Partner), Tom Swan (Corporate Associate), Jill Stevenson (Corporate Associate) and Andrew Scott (Litigation Associate).

Leading UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn advised Iomart Group plc on the acquisition of Backup Technology Holdings Limited for £23m and Redstation for up to £8.1m.

Taking over Backup increased presence in the back-up and disaster recovery market, while the Redstation deal extended the company’s footprint in Europe.

The Shepherd and Wedderburn team was led by corporate partner Andrew Blain. 

Leading UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for the shareholders of Chardon Management Limited in the sale of the company to Interstate UK Holdco Limited, an Interstate Hotels and Resorts company, which manages leading brands including Hilton Worldwide, InterContintental Hotel Group and Wyndham Worldwide.

Chardon Management’s portfolio included 32 hotels with 3,414 rooms consisting of Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn branded hotels in addition to Hotel Indigo, Best Western, Choice, Ibis styles and independent hotel brands.

Shepherd and Wedderburn is delighted to be, for a second year, sponsoring the Scottish Construction Convention (SCC), which takes place on Tuesday 8 October 2013 at Maxim 3, Eurocentral.

Leading law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the hire of Colin McKay, banking partner at Eversheds, the third new partner to be announced in as many weeks. Colin will join the Finance and Restructuring team at Shepherd and Wedderburn, working in the London and Edinburgh offices. Colin will be joining the firm in July.

The Scotland Act 2012 gave the Scottish Parliament new powers in relation to certain specified tax matters, including setting a Scottish rate of income tax, and creating new taxes to replace landfill tax and stamp duty land tax.  On 25 June 2013, the Scottish Parliament passed the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill, by which SDLT will be replaced in due course by a new land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT).

Scottish Renewables appoints Shepherd and Wedderburn Partner, Patricia Hawthorn as Vice-Chair

Shepherd and Wedderburn won an award at the Scottish Business in the Community Awards

Leading law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has strengthened its real estate team with the appointment of two new partners - Sally Morris-Smith from Kennedys and Jonathan Rickard from Addleshaw Goddard. Both will be based in the firm's London office.