Shepherd And Wedderburn Expands Rural Team With Six New Recruits

• Published date: 18 August 2022
• Subject Matter: Real Estate and Construction, Real Estate
• Law Firm: Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
• Author: Shepherd And Wedderburn LLP

Shepherd and Wedderburn is bolstering its top-ranked rural team with the addition of six lawyers including accredited agricultural law specialists Petra Grunenberg and Ellen Eunson.

Petra, who is ranked as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 and previously led the rural team at Blackadders, will join Shepherd and Wedderburn as a Partner on 5 September, while Ellen joined as Director on 18 August. Both will be based in the firm's Aberdeen office.

Petra and Ellen bring more than 40 years of combined expertise supporting clients with their rural and agricultural interests, principally advising on rural land transactions, including secured lending, sales and purchases, title conditions, and sporting and fishing rights, as well as agricultural tenancies, renewable energy and other diversification projects, and partnership and succession planning matters.

Their arrival will bring the firm's total number of agricultural law specialists accredited by the Law Society of Scotland to five.

Petra and Ellen will be joined in the coming weeks by four lawyers specialising in rural and agricultural law, comprising two Senior Associates, an Associate and a Solicitor.

These investments will further Shepherd and Wedderburn's strategic aims of strengthening and deepening the expertise within its top-ranked rural team and of broadening the firm's presence across the north-east of Scotland.

The latest appointments closely follow the announcement earlier this month that Peter Smith has joined the firm's Aberdeen office to lead the development of its real estate team in the region.

Andrew Blain, Managing Partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn...