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Eversheds Sutherland

Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above

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Eversheds Sutherland

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We offer strategic, high quality advice and deliver it on a truly global scale. Our Global M&A team is made up of 700 M&A Lawyers, working out of over 70 offices in more than 30 countries. Our global team works closely together to provide consistent, seamless support across multiple jurisdictions to deliver the best outcomes. We can lead an M&A deal from any jurisdiction, however complex.

M&A is a core practice at Eversheds Sutherlands. We support our clients on around 800 deals every year for a total disclosed value of approximately $25bn. The majority of our work is on highly strategic, cross-border transactions and our local capability coupled with our global firepower provides the support needed to deliver the deal. Our deep sector and sub-sector experience and industry knowledge and our demonstrable track record in each of these sub-sectors is one of the reasons our clients trust us on their most complex and strategic mandates. Our lawyers work for major global corporates, sponsors and private equity houses across every major industry.

Delivering high quality advice on M&A requires experience, robust resources and high quality lawyers. Our global platform, deep sector knowledge, execution capability and commercial approach allows us to provide the highest quality service. We support clients’ strategic objectives, provide resources to execute and we always focus on helping clients maximize value on every transaction.

Clients (4)

  • Blis Global
  • Experian Limited
  • Iris Software Group
  • LDC

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Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above - East Midlands

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Eversheds Sutherland is a prominent international firm with a sizeable presence in the region, offering the full suite of corporate services, with distinguished ability to resource large and complex transactions. Its expertise includes work with capital markets elements, including advice on IPOs and public takeovers. The corporate M&A department's areas of particular strength include handling deals in financial services, technology and healthcare.

Work Highlights

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  • Eversheds Sutherland advised LDC and Management on the sale of ENSEK to Centrica. ENSEK is a Nottingham based leading provider of digital transformation services in the energy sector.

Strengths

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  • Their experience and pragmatism and ability to cover off multiple jurisdictions is strong. They make a challenging process easier to navigate and focus on the key commercial points.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
  • Eversheds Sutherland understand our business, the processes, risk levels and operations across the functional groups which means they can provide guidance on a range of issues rather than just legal.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
  • The key differentiator when working with this team is the knowledge that they retain from previous transactions. They are truly an example of being a trusted adviser.

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Jonathan Cox-Brown
    Band 1Jonathan Cox-Brown

    Jonathan Cox-Brown

    Jonathan Cox-Brown handles M&A transactions as part of a broad corporate practice across various sectors like technology and healthcare.

    • He is a very experienced and commercial lawyer.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
    • Jon's demeanor, knowledge of the business and commercial awareness are highly valued by us.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK
    • Jon is an exceptional lawyer and is truly a trusted adviser. His ability to retain information about the business and apply it is exceptional.

      Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above respondentUK

Ranked Individuals at Eversheds Sutherland (1)

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    Jonathan Cox-Brown

    Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above

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