Chambers Review
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Employment - Scotland
What the Team is Known For
Shepherd and Wedderburn handles a wide range of complex employment issues, with particular strengths in TUPE issues, collective redundancies and restructurings. The team maintains a strong presence representing clients in employment tribunal disputes, including discrimination and whistle-blowing defence. Shepherd and Wedderburn advises clients in the education and energy sectors as well as financial services organisations.
Strengths
The Shepherd and Wedderburn team stands out for its responsiveness and tailored customer support.
The Shepherd and Wedderburn team has an ability to provide clear, confident legal advice while taking a pragmatic approach to risk.
Notable practitioners
Neil Maclean acts for a range of clients including educational institutions, energy companies and financial groups. He assists with employment aspects of corporate transactions as well as TUPE matters and redundancy processes. Maclean also offers strength in employment tribunal claims for discrimination, breach of contract and unfair dismissal.
Neil is a natural at building relationships and is a great strategist.
Tricia Walker focuses her practice on clients within the oil and gas sector, advising on a full range of employment law matters from transactions-related advice to senior executive exits.
Tricia is very experienced and provides relevant advice, tailor-made for the organisational context.
Morag Hutchison advises clients in the financial services and energy sectors on TUPE regulations and senior executive exits as well as representing them in employment litigation.
Morag is an excellent employment partner who provides realistic and pragmatic advice.
Morag is pragmatic and gives easily applicable advice.