Eversheds Sutherland are hugely knowledgeable in governance matters., Without a doubt the stand out Partner I would mention is Ben Wood. They are friendly, easy to work with and very pragmatic. He is a real fighter for his clients. He breaks down the process to its simple steps and allocates the work to the best people in his business. Everything youd want in a partner leading a team., Shelley Evans ; Owen Llewelyn; Peter Graystone, Take time to understand the commercial rationale for purchase and guiding principles of each transaction. Also, a very strong client focus. The team provides excellent service: their advice is clear and well communicated, they meet every deadline, and their proposed solutions are always sensible and pragmatic., Anthea Whitton has a deep technical knowledge and an ability to find practical, straight-forward solutions. Excellent customer service. Provide good value for money. He was often available at odd hours on short notice., They have expertise in all areas and so are able to pull knowledge to deliver on complex legal matters., They are a very pragmatic, commercially aware team who understand the requirement for mutually beneficial outcomes in any contract negotiation., Commercially astute and responsive. They shape their advice to our circumstances which can be complex. This year's edition saw Eversheds Sutherland earn three new practice rankings in . Alice Townley-Smith has excellent rapport with client team. Great law firm!, Immigration counsel has been excellent. He combines exceptional subject matter expertise with an appreciation of the practical issues faced by businesses operating with complex supply chains., Gregory Brandman; Jake McQuitty; Julia Neal, Steve Smith; Saira Choonka; Adam Berry; Sumitra Subramanian; Hayley Astles, Mark Cooper; Jennifer Miles; Andrew Legg; Gregory Brandman, Ability to put together a multi-disciplinary team to cover all aspects of complex banking disputes, including the insolvency and fraud angles. Trustee of the Midland Independent Newspapers Pension Scheme, The Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Limited Pension Plan, Trustee of the FDR Limited Pension Scheme, Risk Settlement matters including Pathway the joint buy-in proposition with Aon, Various Local Government Pension Scheme administering authorities, They combine a proactive approach to drive deals forward with an added value blend of legal expertise with commercial acumen. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. The take control of a case with total competence, providing excellent advice with immaculate attention to detail. Quality is a matter of personal pride to everyone. Michelles knowledge of the CPO world has been second to none, and her experience and diligence has been valued on all of the cases she has worked on. As compared to other firms I find the team to be comfortable coming up with creative legal arguments based on the most up to date cases but also keeping abreast of what is happening in the market to get a good result for their client., Richard Matthews is excellent, a key partner in commercial litigation., Commercial awareness and strategic thinking is first rate., Mark Howarth is superb and always sees the big picture., Excellent, very connected team, they all seem on top of the issues all of the time. Advised QSix Real Estate Finance LLP on the provision of cross-jurisdiction acquisition finance to David Samuel Properties for the purchase of Danum Retail Park in Doncaster and Lisnagelvin Retail Park in Londonderry. - Legal 500 'The Eversheds Sutherland insolvency and corporate restructuring practice is a highly experienced and trusted commercial adviser to insolvency practitioners such as ourselves. Structure of the team means that they know your firm and maximises efficiencies. Skills, knowledge appear to be of a high standard., All individuals dealt with over the last year have been professional, knowledgeable and approachable. Advised Tesco PLC Pension Scheme on multiple ESG initiatives. Advised Legal & General on a 500m a 15-year joint venture with NatWest Pension Trustee Limited, to build a portfolio of retirement homes with a gross development value of roughly 4bn. The team has been excellent., Louisa Cole has been our primary partner on all immigration matters and is responsive, flexible and thorough. The team make themselves available and provide advice/recommendations in simple language not lawyer-speak, Mark Cooper is excellent he understands issues quickly and gives advice that is practical and also has the ability to provide recommendations with the commercial slant that we require, In depth knowledge of the sector real day-to-day experience of issues for in-house counsel in the banking sector, and of the issues which can blow up for banks during litigation, David Flack highly capable and energetic, makes himself available, pleasant to deal with, We have little need for commoditised legal services, but we do have a need for individualised specialist advice on complex legal and factual matrices, which demands a significant level of senior legal commitment . Richard Bacon Technically excellent, proactive, not afraid of getting stuck into the detail, approachable and supportive. Advised Sandwell College on the development of its property portfolio, advising on acquisition and construction and procurement. He has a strong ability to approach situations from the perspective of the clients involved, and provide very useful advice in helping manage relationships and negotiations outside of the legal work., European Tyre Enterprise Limited/Kwik Fit, Manchester Airport Group/ Airport City Limited Partnership, Fiona Barker-Hall; Sarah Wood; Jane Southworth; Catherine Manning, The team is brilliant in terms of their attention to detail, their ability to progress with cases in an efficient manner and effectively drive cases. Takes a practical approach quickly understand what you want and if they dont they check. Advising FLEETCOR Technologies Inc, a leading global business payments company, on its acquisition of Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX), one of the worlds largest non-bank cross-border payment solutions provider. Advising the University of Manchester on the next phase of the 1.5 billion landmark development of its North Campus site. regulations that may occur in Sarah Franklin acts as an excellent and very professional alternate partner with an extensive knowledge of the pension scheme within the team. Ranked Offices Provided by Eversheds Sutherland UK - Head office London 1 Wood Street, London, Greater London, UK, EC2V 7WS Web: www.eversheds.com Tel: +44 845 497 9797 Fax: +44 20 7919 4919 View ranked office UK Belfast Shes an excellent lawyer and is absolutely first-rate at all aspects of the job., Martin Ward runs a proactive and diligent team., They stand out as leaders in their respective fields in the West Midlands (and across England). Joshua was approachable and knowledgeable throughout, providing pragmatic advice and operating in a very client-centric way that not only put our interests first, but also gave us confidence in his actions and decision making., The team are very dedicated and responsive., I would recommend Jo Hatton-Jones and Sarah Maylor for their attention to detail and understanding of client requirements., Very fast acting and attentive to our work requests. Very commercially focused. Aug 2021 - Present1 year 8 months. Advised SEGRO on Project Orion, a swap deal with Schroders involving the acquisition of a urban warehouse estate in West London for 140m and simultaneous sale of a portfolio of UK big box and urban assets for 205m. Robin Johnson; Simon Masters; Chris Halliday; Antony Walsh; Waltter Kulvik; Martin Mankabady; Adriana Cotter, The Eversheds team are a diverse group of people that take a genuine interest in the project. Advised Whitemountain Quarries Limited on a complex outsourcing. They are able to bring in specialists from other relevant areas, such as health and safety, and IP, to provide a full response to broad issues. I cannot speak highly enough in support of them., The team is happy to work on a fixed fee basis. They provide the perfect balance of ensuring that our interests are always protected, while also being pragmatic enough to progress agreements to meet our timescales and maintain our programme., Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO), China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Ltd, Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID), National Grid National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc, Sensible, pragmatic approach to complex planning issues., The team are helpful and easy to reach. Luisas knowledge of arbitration procedure and tactics is superb, and like the rest of the team shes a pleasure to work with., Diane Gilhooley; Naeema Choudry; Michael Thompson, International Nuclear Services and Pacific Nuclear Transport LImited, Charmian Johnson; Jon Walters; Simon Daniel; Amanda Small; Lauren OConnor; Sarah Lown, A first class in-depth technical resource. She is incredibly hardworking, astute and helpful. Wide range of client training and publications on sector-specific issues., Matthew Kelly is extremely responsive. They have the wisdom to know when they do not have the required expertise, and therefore cannot advise. Provides lots of hands-on support and guidance to our organisation, and keeps us up to date with any developments in the visa space. The team members are always available and have always provide good commercial advice fully taking account of their clients particular circumstances., A great team of lawyers to work with, very efficient and has in-depth industry knowledge., Alison Short provides excellent advice and is always available. Also excellent use of associates in their regional offices to maximise efficiency and costs savings, I would pick out Mark Cooper for his excellent team management and clear and detailed advice, both legal and strategic., Good team with a lead partner who is excellent at delegating where appropriate/bringing in expertise. Felipe Ros and bida Delfina Munguambe are key . The team are always willing to come in to share their knowledge and generally help out wherever they can. The team delivered on time and on budget and wrote a comprehensive and excellent report that showed a clear understanding of our business purpose. The team is highly diverse and generous with their non-billable time. They have particularly excelled at managing a large counsel team and liaising effectively with the client. The quality of written work produced by the team is very high indeed. We require responsiveness on a short timeline and often have complex issues to resolve. Fanny Pajuniemi. He provides sound and useful advice, and has extensive experience to call upon. She is sensible and thoughtful in her delivery., Always available and quick to respond. Very good technically, but also provides clear and pragmatic advice to the client group. They adopt a a no-nonsense, commercial approach to property litigation. They come across as an integrated group and the hand off between property and tax lawyers seemed to be pretty seamless., Raymond James Investment Services Limited, Very knowledgeable, committed and practical lawyers who work exceptionally well with counsel and clients., Eversheds are a strong practice with good experience in dealing with the financial services sector., Paul Fontes makes the team. Practitioners and attorneys are capable of crossing over from their preferred fields so that clients are assured a 360 degree analysis of their requirements. their pricing is reasonable. He is precise, supportive, works with you and enables HR teams to learn and develop in a generous way., They provide great support on smaller local issues and can also quickly assemble large teams with full project management support, which really helps to coordinate larger / cross-border projects., Eversheds Sutherland place a high priority on client satisfaction and retention, and their client relationship management is excellent., Chris Mordue is an absolute super star in employment education matters., Without exception they are down to earth, pragmatic and easy to deal with., Philip Crosbie; Charlotte Wood; Surekha Gollapudi; Francesca Poole, Paul Verrico is an outstanding market leader in the field. Hans Forssell Property law expert like no other who runs a great team in Belfast., Their prompt service, attention to detail and high levels of expertise are a welcome reassurance., Matthew Gough and Eve England are superb lawyers and partners to our business. Their reputation is well-deserved. Helen Mackey is excellent., Deepesh Upadhyay a high calibre individual in financial transaction space., Excellent client service. Eversheds as a company has a very focused and highly user friendly approach to its clients. He is prepared to stand up for the Charity he represents to ensure that decisions are always taken in the best interests of the charity. Advising on a complex array of academy projects including establishing maths schools, closing University Technical Colleges, academising sixth form colleges and advising on PFI issues. Gives solid advice and is very proactive on files. Their experience of dealing with large multinational corporations, while providing expert legal advice on the London real estate market, really sets them apart., Tom Goldsmith is clear in his advice, setting out key negotiation elements, risks and unlike many lawyers sets out solutions to the issues. Advised on the formation of Pivotal Growth Limited, a joint venture established with the aim of building a leading, UK-wide mortgage broker. She is a great and effective communicator and is very solution-driven., The critical element was the ability to both interpret the situation legally but also to empathise with the client. Its been a real pleasure working with this team., Simon Tytherleigh has been excellent in helping us to work out how to put new ideas into practice, particularly around how to develop new legal processes that involve collaboration and hand-offs between the internal and external legal teams. The team is responsive, approachable and very easy to work with., Elizabeth Coleman: able to understand our business challenges effectively and bring in specific experts where necessary to ensure we get the most appropriate advice, relative to us doing business in the EU and also specifically for the competition challenges that we face as a company, Kari McCormick; Tim Browning; Daniel Jackson, They recognise the commercial challenges faced with dealing with these types of claims and seek to resolve them with as little impact on the business as possible. Advised Higher Education Institutions and HE sector bodies in relation to their response to industrial action. Advising a number of private sector organisations on their engagement with the sector, helping them to understand education governance and regulation in the UK to inform significant investment decisions. The individuals I deal with on a regular basis (Agnes Koko, Mike Turner and William Spickett) all use their experience and expertise to good effect and this is evidenced in the advice they give and the outcomes from that advice. Having advised on half of the first wave of the cutting edge Institutes of Technology, our team in Birmingham is now advising on half of the Wave 2 Institutes. The people we work with are team players, both in terms of the way they work with their colleagues and the way they work with us., They appreciate the importance some issues have for us due to our particular sensitivities to public law challenges and tailor their team and approach accordingly., Alison Oldfield has become a trusted advisor. Acting for the representative beneficiary members of two Legal & General pension schemes. They are a very client-focused team., Dominic Lacey is a fantastic partner who provides great leadership but allows the individual members of his team to shine and take responsibility in a supportive environment. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Eversheds has the international reach to handle multi-jurisdiction disputes., James Southworth has good judgement and is very capable. Delightful to work with and terrific technically., Peter McHugh is very hard-working and smart. Types of work undertaken: Sector focus: the firm prioritises building long-term client relationships. The magic circle firm has chosen 2 Broadgate, as part of the Broadgate Campus near Liverpool Street.
