Shepherd and Wedderburn has a track record of working with companies and organisations operating in this market. As a leading commercial law firm we are able to advise clients on all areas of the law including:

• commercial agreements
• employment issues 
• IT outsourcing
• the impact of competition regulations on supplier agreements 
• the creation of major joint ventures in the distribution, production and packaging sectors
• planning
• property
• licensing

Our expertise includes:

• Acted for Scottish & Newcastle in the sale of its "Heritage Brands" portfolio (which included McEwens, Youngers, Newcastle Exhibition Scrumpy Jack and Woodpecker) to a newly-formed joint venture company.
• Acting for Scottish & Newcastle in the creation of K&N Drinks Logistics Limited, a joint venture with Kuehne + Nagel to create a major UK drinks distributor, including the outsourcing to it of S&N's existing distribution function.
• Acting for United Spirits Limited in connection with its acquisition of Whyte & Mackay Group Limited and its subsidiaries.
• Advising in the creation of Universal Beverages Limited, a joint venture for the establishment of a milling, packaging and distribution facility for the cider and other industries, and subsequently in acting for UBL.
• Advised Chivas Brothers on negotiating a website, design, development and hosting agreement for its website www.beefeaterlondonart.com

Following is a selection of our clients: 

• Allied Distillers/Allied Domeq
• Beam Global Spirits & Wine 
• Chivas Brothers Limited 
• Grampian Food Group 
• Pernod Ricard 
• Quality Meat Scotland 
• Sainsburys 
• Scotch Whisky Association 
• Scottish & Newcastle 
• Universal Beverages Limited 
• United Spirits Limited 
• Waitrose

"Clients comment that the firm’s USP is its 'ability to put together a cross-disciplinary team of people, who really communicate with one another to meet the needs of a particular assignment'."
Client research 2006