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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market

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Type of work handled: Our experienced lawyers handle a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers, tender offers, stock and asset acquisitions, corporate restructurings, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and other deal structures. We excel in negotiating and establishing alliances, joint ventures, and tailored commercial relationships.


Categories of clients: Our Corporate practice specializes in serving multinational corporations with global operations. Leveraging our extensive global office network and specialist expertise, we navigate complex transactions effectively.


Recent work highlights:

  • Advising Rolls Royce on the sale of ITP Aero for €1.7bn
  • Advised DuPont on the sale of its resins unit to The Jordan Company
  • Advised British car dealership giant Lookers plc on its £504m recommended takeover by privately owned Canadian car dealer group AAG
  • Eutelsat on its $550m investment in OneWeb, a global communications network


Specialisations:

  • Sector Knowledge: Our lawyers possess deep industry insights, tailoring guidance to specific challenges and opportunities.
  • Cross-Border Expertise: We excel in navigating international transactions, addressing foreign direct investment, trade regulations, tax implications, competition law, and data protection.


Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market - UK

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Eversheds Sutherland houses a dedicated team that is often instructed by household names on complex cross-border transactions, with notable strength acting for major multinationals. Its sector expertise covers real estate, energy, natural resources and financial services, among others. The department boasts additional international expertise advising on transactions in Asia and EMEA. Eversheds Sutherland has recognised expertise in competition and regulatory compliance.

Work Highlights

  • Eversheds Sutherland advised DuPont on the international aspects of the sale of 80% of its Delrin Business to TJC LP. The transaction valued the business at USD1.8 billion.

Strengths

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The Eversheds team has excellent breadth and depth across all levels. They also possess responsiveness, commerciality of advice and the ability to get the deal done.

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
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Eversheds is extremely responsive and provides high-quality advice in an accessible manner. The team is extremely knowledgeable and can draw on vast experience to provide solutions.

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

Eversheds has an excellent team that is ready and able to act swiftly and thoroughly, with deep expertise in the sector and broad experience.

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

The Eversheds team have skills across every type of transaction type and are able to leverage specialists at each stage. They coordinate internally to ensure the experience is exceptional.

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
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Notable Practitioners

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Robin Johnson
3
Band 3
Robin Johnson is frequently called upon to handle international M&A and joint ventures, and is particularly active on deals in the chemicals, life sciences and industrial goods sectors. He co-chairs the firm's cross-border M&A team.

Robin is easy to work with, very pragmatic and not afraid to give a commercial view.

Robin is always responsive and practical.

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Chris Halliday
4
Band 4

Chris Halliday maintains a diverse corporate practice which has strength in M&A, joint ventures and private equity deals on both the domestic and international stages. His sector expertise is especially pronounced in the insurance space.

Chris can call upon his years of experience and work on countless transactions to provide high-quality advice in a timely and accessible manner. He is a pleasure to work with.

Chris has great professionalism, dedication and legal expertise, with a keen eye for detail, but more than that he is easy to talk to and provides straightforward advice in a user-friendly way.

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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
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Robin Johnson
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Chris Halliday
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Members

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Adriana Cotter

Amanda Partland

Antony Walsh

Berri Mendelsohn

Caroline Clapham

Ceri-Ann McGraa

James Finney

James Trevis

Jason Lovell

Jon Gill

Jubilee Easo

Kiran Arora

Louise Finnie

Richard Moulton

Head of Department

Simon Masters

Stephen Hill

Steven Hacking

Stewart Womersley

Theresa-Marie Stodell

Walter Kulvik