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Fred Sheppard

Fred Sheppard

Senior Associate

Commercial Disputes & Class Actions

Fred joined Edwin Coe in October 2018 and is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. He was previously an Associate in Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP’s Civil Litigation department and is a Canadian-qualified lawyer.

Fred is experienced in commercial and civil litigation, having appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia and in administrative tribunals.

In addition to a Canadian law degree, Fred holds an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he received the Otto Kahn Freund Prize for Best Performance in Labour, Family, Conflict of Laws, Comparative and European Law.

  • Cowichan Tribes v Canada (Attorney General) [2016] BCSC 1660 – successful application for joinder in complex litigation
  • Hwlitsum First Nation v Canada (Attorney General) [2016] FCA 118 – successful appeal of an application to stay proceedings (Federal Court of Appeal)
  • Zoic Studios BC Inc v Gannon [2015] 386 DLR (4th) 662 (B.C.C.A) – established that disgorgement of profit available for breach of employee’s duty of loyalty (British Columbia Court of Appeal).
Fred Sheppard awards

Credentials

  • Recommended in The Legal 500 2024

  • Member of The Law Society of British Columbia

  • Good working knowledge of German and French

Quotes

I’ve had the pleasure of working with David Greene and Fred Sheppard for several years. I was – and still am – ...
The Legal 500 UK 2024

I’ve had the pleasure of working with David Greene and Fred Sheppard for several years. I was – and still am – particularly impressed by their ability to identify and address quickly the most pressing issues in very complex transactions involving multi-layer corporate structures. And one of the qualities that stands out most is their almost instant availability for discussion of urgent matters despite their significant workload.

The Legal 500 UK 2024

Fred Sheppard particularly impresses with his ability to identify and address quickly the most pressing aspects of ve...
The Legal 500 UK 2024

Fred Sheppard particularly impresses with his ability to identify and address quickly the most pressing aspects of very complex transactions involving multi-layer corporate structures.

The Legal 500 UK 2024

David Greene and senior associate Fred Sheppard are exemplary professionals, who are able to provide both practical a...
The Legal 500 UK 2023

David Greene and senior associate Fred Sheppard are exemplary professionals, who are able to provide both practical and doctrinal perspective on very complex issues involving international commercial and financial litigation.

The Legal 500 UK 2023

David Greene and Fred Sheppard have vast international experience that allows them to see a particular case from vari...
The Legal 500 UK 2023

David Greene and Fred Sheppard have vast international experience that allows them to see a particular case from various angles and offer the clients unexpected and clever solutions.

The Legal 500 UK 2023

Senior associate Fred Sheppard is clever, intuitive and tough; he never gives up and always puts the client first, no...
The Legal 500 UK 2022

Senior associate Fred Sheppard is clever, intuitive and tough; he never gives up and always puts the client first, no matter the circumstances.

The Legal 500 UK 2022

Fred Sheppard is diligent and intellectually very savvy, with a practical and user-friendly approach to boot.


 The Legal 500 UK 2022

Fred Sheppard is diligent and intellectually very savvy, with a practical and user-friendly approach to boot.

The Legal 500 UK 2022

I have had a pleasure of working with David Greene (Senior Partner) and Fred Sheppard (Senior Associate). I was parti...
The Legal 500 UK 2022

I have had a pleasure of working with David Greene (Senior Partner) and Fred Sheppard (Senior Associate). I was particularly impressed by their grasp of very complex issues involving international securities and their ability to deal with multijurisdictional problems that involved both continental and common law issues. Especially impressive was Mr. Greene's in-depth
analysis of litigation perspectives and Mr. Sheppard's extraordinary research into the arcane issues of complex securities and related contractual and tort claims.

The Legal 500 UK 2022

Edwin Coe LLP is a very solid firm that has excellent client management skills and delivers consistently good results...
The Legal 500 UK 2017

Edwin Coe LLP is a very solid firm that has excellent client management skills and delivers consistently good results.

The Legal 500 UK 2017

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Fred Sheppard

Senior Associate

Commercial Disputes & Class Actions

Fred joined Edwin Coe in October 2018 and is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. He was previously an Associate in Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP’s Civil Litigation department and is a Canadian-qualified lawyer.

Fred is experienced in commercial and civil litigation, having appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia and in administrative tribunals.

In addition to a Canadian law degree, Fred holds an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he received the Otto Kahn Freund Prize for Best Performance in Labour, Family, Conflict of Laws, Comparative and European Law.

Expertise

  • Overview: Class Action Litigation
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Overview
  • Arbitration – Domestic and International
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional and Disciplinary Tribunals

Experience

  • Cowichan Tribes v Canada (Attorney General) [2016] BCSC 1660 – successful application for joinder in complex litigation
  • Hwlitsum First Nation v Canada (Attorney General) [2016] FCA 118 – successful appeal of an application to stay proceedings (Federal Court of Appeal)
  • Zoic Studios BC Inc v Gannon [2015] 386 DLR (4th) 662 (B.C.C.A) – established that disgorgement of profit available for breach of employee’s duty of loyalty (British Columbia Court of Appeal).

Credentials

  • Recommended in The Legal 500 2024

  • Member of The Law Society of British Columbia

  • Good working knowledge of German and French

Contact

Telephone:
+44 20 7691 4076

Email:
fred.sheppard@edwincoe.com

2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn,
London WC2A 3TH
Sat Nav: WC2A 3TL
DX 191 LDE

Tel: +44 (0)20 7691 4000
Fax: +44(0)20 7691 4111

Email: enquiries@edwincoe.com

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