Andy Hall takes lead role at Shepherd + Wedderburn – Daily Business

Andy Hall: changes

Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced that Andy Hall will succeed Andrew Blain as managing partner of the Scotland-based law firm on 1 May.

Mr Hall joined the firm as a trainee and later specialised in real estate development, joining the partnership in 2003 and assuming the role of head of the firm’s property and infrastructure group in 2013.

He said: “Andrew has taken the firm from strength to strength, and I am excited and honoured to succeed him. I have been with the firm since I secured a traineeship here in 1993, and in that time, it has changed dramatically in many ways.”

Andrew Blain assumed the role of managing partner in May 2019. Under his leadership, the firm has delivered six consecutive years of revenue growth and a 57% increase in profits. Over the same period, the firm has grown to 91 partners.

He said: “It has been a great privilege to lead the firm over the last seven years. I want to thank our clients and colleagues for their support over that period.

“The last seven years have brought challenge – I most certainly did not have a global pandemic in my mind when I took over in May 2019 – and opportunity. I am pleased that we have taken many of those opportunities and that the firm is in a strong position, having grown significantly.

“I know that Andy will drive the firm forward with the same vision, energy and acumen with which he has led our property and infrastructure team since 2013, and I look forward to supporting Andy and our board as we look to the future.”

In the year to the end of April last year, S+W reported a 10% increase in turnover and a 20% rise in net profits to £36.1 million.

Since then, three new partners have joined the firm: Graham Young (Project Finance), Donald Smith (Corporate Finance) and Marcus Wright (English Real Estate).

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