Fred Sheppard - Edwin Coe LLP

Fred is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Disputes & Class Actions team. He qualified in Canada and has worked in London since 2018.

Fred is experienced in commercial and civil litigation, and acts regularly in arbitrations before the major London institutions (particularly the London Court of International Arbitration and the London Maritime Arbitrators Association) and has acted in a broad range of commercial matters, including shareholder claims, professional negligence, international trade, complex securities and property development.

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.

Fred is recommended in the Legal 500 2025 for Commercial Litigation: Mid-Market, Fraud Civil and Group Litigation: Claimant, where he is described as “tireless, ingenious and tough”.

Successfully acted (including as advocate) for a quarrying business in an LCIA arbitration, securing a seven-figure award
McGann & Others v The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police – acting for the claimant group in a claim for misfeasance in public office arising out of the Hillsborough tragedy on 15 April 1989.
Northern Rock – advised shareholders in respect of potential claims arising from the nationalisation of the bank
Various Claimants v Giambrone & Law (a firm) & Ors [2019] EWHC 34 (QB) – acted for purchasers of a holiday home development in complex litigation against their conveyancer’s insurer.

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Contact

Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7691 4076

Email:
fred.sheppard@edwincoe.com

Expertise

Credentials

Recommended in The Legal 500 2025
Member of The Law Society of British Columbia
Good working knowledge of German and French

Quotes

Fred Sheppard: ingenious, tenacious and tough.

The Legal 500 UK 2025

Fred Sheppard is a very hard worker and very reliable.

The Legal 500 UK 2025

Fred Sheppard is a scholarly lawyer with a great ability to keep the focus on what matters.

The Legal 500 UK 2025

Fred Sheppard is tireless, ingenious and tough.

The Legal 500 UK 2025

I believe the individuals I’ve been working with represent the best qualities of the entire firm: broad competence,...
The Legal 500 UK 2025

I believe the individuals I’ve been working with represent the best qualities of the entire firm: broad competence, excellent analysis, short turnover time, and willingness to go the extra mile for the clients. I’ve had a pleasure of working for many years with David Greene and Fred Sheppard, and the qualities described above apply to them to the fullest.

The Legal 500 UK 2025

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

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