Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

BUSINESS PREMISES SOLICITOR OF THE YEAR ABOUT LEIGH HERD Leigh Herd is a solicitor at Shepherd and Wedderburn, based in the firm’s Property and Infrastructure Disputes team in Edinburgh. Leigh specialises in contentious construction, with her experience ranging across the field of construction, engineering and major projects disputes, operating north and south of the border. She has experience of both Court of Session and Sheriff Court actions, as well as significant experience in alternative dispute resolution, including adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Leigh is also involved in commercial litigation, and has been heavily involved in cases pursuing high profile professional negligence claims, and representing clients in complex contractual disputes. Alongside her role as solicitor at Shepherd and Wedderburn, Leigh is also the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Scottish Branch). Within this role Leigh is responsible for the day to day administration of the Branch, and assisting practitioners within Scotland with queries on arbitration and ADR. Since 2015, Leigh has played an active role in the global organisation which represents practitioners involved in alternative dispute resolution. Previously, as CIArb Scottish Branch’s Young Members’ convenor, she also promoted the interests of young and aspiring practitioners, helping to create opportunities for them to contribute to the alternative dispute resolution community. COMPANY PROFILE Shepherd and Wedderburn is a leading UK law firm with an uncompromising commitment to client service. With offices in the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, the firm delivers comprehensive multi-jurisdictional legal advice across every business sector as well as offering the full range of private client and wealth management services. Regarded by many as the go-to firm for specialist advice in the energy and natural resources and real estate sectors, Shepherd and Wedderburn also has an impressive track record in advising clients from across other industries and sectors. FTSE and AIM companies, large SMEs and public service organisations are counted among its clients. Focusing on clients and finding the very best solution for each of them is of paramount importance to the firm’s multi- disciplinary teams of specialist lawyers. These teams look at the issues involved from every angle to find the best commercial solution. Regardless of whether the project is complex or routine, UK-based or international, clients can be confident with the impartiality, authority and commercial soundness of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s advice, and they have come to expect only practical and innovative solutions from the firm. Our international activity is supported by our membership of the World Services Group, of which we are a founding member. This enables us to respond to clients’ needs swiftly and effectively anywhere in the world. As a result of these networks and the international expertise of our lawyers, we have a strong international footprint. We operate a number of foreign desks to help us understand and best advise our clients on their international issues and matters. Currently the firm serves clients in over 92 jurisdictions. Shepherd and Wedderburn’s sector approach brings together specialist lawyers with the knowledge and experience to tackle sector-specific commercial issues. The firm provides sector specific legal services for real estate and infrastructure, energy and natural recourses, banking and finance, food and drink, hospitality, life sciences and the public sector. LEIGH HERD Contact Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP 1 Exchange Crescent, Conference Square, Edinburgh, EH3 8UL W: shepwedd.com T: +44 (0)131 228 9900 F: +44 (0)131 228 1222 E: leigh.herd@shepwedd.com Solicitor at Shepherd and Wedderburn Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 36 UNITED KINGDOM