Shepherd and Wedderburn

Corporate

John has expertise in all aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate restructuring and reorganisations, joint ventures, and governance matters.

John advises clients across several sectors, with a particular focus on renewables (he leads our onshore renewable sector), technology, life sciences and other high-growth companies (he has acted for many such companies), and private equity and venture capital (he has acted for many development banks and European private equity houses on funding arrangements).

He has a wide range of clients: he has acted on high-profile transactions for the Scottish National Investment Bank, Epic Games, TV Squared, Two Big Ears, Offshore Wind Power, Outer Dowsing, Acciona, EDPR and TMC Pharma, among others. He is active in the Scottish business community and, in his pro bono work for accelerators, he mentors several ambitious entrepreneurs. John also launched, and now leads, our Start to Scale initiative. He is also the Company Secretary of Scottish Renewables.

Trained Shepherd and Wedderburn; admitted as a solicitor in Scotland 2011; solicitor/senior solicitor Shepherd and Wedderburn  2011-2016; associate/senior associate Shepherd and Wedderburn 2016-2020;  partner Shepherd and Wedderburn 2020 to date.

Company Secretary of Scottish Renewables

University of Glasgow (LLB (Hons) 2008), Glasgow Graduate School of Law (Dip LP 2009)