Mr Jack Shepherd > CMS > London, England > Lawyer Profile

CMS
CANNON PLACE
78 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6AF
England
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Jack Shepherd is a partner in the Corporate Team at CMS London. He specialises in advising corporate clients, investment companies and investment banks on equity capital markets transactions and cross-border public and private M&A. He works with a diverse range of businesses across different sectors, with a particular focus on real estate and technology companies.

For over 14 years he has been helping clients with IPOs and secondary issues on both the Main Market and AIM .  He also helps clients with public takeovers (both recommended and hostile), private acquisitions and disposals, bond issues, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and early-stage investments.

Jack regularly advises our listed clients on issues relating to the Listing Rules, AIM Rules, Disclosure Rules, Prospectus Regulation Rules, Takeover Code and Market Abuse Regulation, as well as general company law and corporate governance issues.

Clients appreciate his ability to project manage large, complex cross-border deals, as well as provide legal advice that is easy to understand. Having completed secondments at a leading hedge fund and an investment bank, he understands the pressures facing clients both internally and externally, ensuring that his advice is responsive and commercial.

Education

  • 2005 – LPC, College of Law, London
  • 2002 – LLB, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap

CMS stands out in the market for the strength of its international offering, which covers equity transactions across the European, Asian, UK, and US markets and targets a diverse client roster of growth and listed companies, listed funds and brokers, and investment banks. The team regularly acts on UK and international fundraises by way of retail offerings as well as private placements, and it also handles a steady stream of equity transfers and reverse takeovers. Integrated US securities expertise further allows the team to handle international and dual listings. Practice head Alasdair Steele has extensive experience acting for Main Market- and AIM-listed companies, while James Parkes handles a broad range of domestic and international M&A and ECM transactions. Jack Shepherd and Kate Badr are also highly recommended.