Shepherd & Wedderburn nets Dentons' Private Client team

Dentons’ Scottish Private Client team is to join Shepherd and Wedderburn from 1 April.

The 20-strong team, led by partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham, will increase the size of Shepherd & Wedderburn’s private client practice to 46, creating one of Scotland’s largest private client practices and expanding the specialist asset protection, personal tax planning, trusts, executries and succession planning support available to clients.

The team will continue to be based primarily in Glasgow.

Andrew Blain, managing partner of Shepherd & Wedderburn, commented: "We have been looking at opportunities to invest in and grow our private client practice for some time and are delighted to be acquiring Dentons' private client practice in Scotland. Attracting a team of this calibre adds further strength and depth to our existing and highly regarded private client practice. Eleanor and Alexis are recognised as leaders in their field and together have over 45 years' experience."

Malcolm Rust, head of Private Client added: "The arrival of the Dentons team will allow us to extend our service to clients nationally and internationally, and also to offer private client services of a scale, quality and reach that we believe is unrivalled in Scotland."