Law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has appointed two new partners to its city team in the form of Angus Rollo from Sherman & Sterling and Blair Adams from O\'Melveny & Myers.
Rollo has particular expertise in UK and cross-border M&A, equity capital markets, joint ventures, reorganisations and general corporate advisory work. He is recommended by Chambers as a leading corporate finance lawyer, highlighting his role as a \"reassuring figure on complex deals\". His recent work includes advising the Estate of Tan Sri Khoo on the sale of its 11% stake in Standard Chartered plc, advising Anglo American on its disposals of the Boart Longyear group and the Wendt Group, and advising the underwriters and Nomad on the IPO and AIM listing of Delek Group Real Estate Limited.
Blair Adams joins the employment law division of Shepherd and Wedderburn as partner. Adams has expertise in employment litigation, both in the High Court and the Employment Tribunal, having advised employers from many different industry sectors in high-value cases involving, for example, bonus disputes, discrimination claims and injunction proceedings. He also has considerable experience of corporate transactions of all kinds, particularly those involving business transfers and the TUPE regulations.
He advises on executive terminations and other day-to-day employment issues. His clients include Amazon.co.uk Limited, ISIS EP LLP, Korn/Ferry International Limited, Bear Stearns International Limited and Wagerworks UK Limited.
Patrick Andrews, chief executive of Shepherd and Wedderburn commented: “We are delighted to have secured two City thoroughbreds to complement our successful London team. Angus and Blair are proven within their fields and will be formidable additions to our business, and a great benefit to our clients. Our London office is going from strength to strength.”