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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market

About

Provided by Eversheds Sutherland

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

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  • Eversheds Sutherland acted for Albumedix on its agreed £415 million sale to life sciences group Sartorius.

Strengths

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"Eversheds has a deep bench of very experienced M&A lawyers and a huge network of international offices and a wealth of specialists to call upon."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

"We get exactly what we want, when we want it. Eversheds' service is first class."

Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market respondent
Europe

"Eversheds Sutherland manages transactions really well. The team makes the effort to understand our processes and what is important us. From the moment you engage with them, you feel you have all of their focus."

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

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Robin Johnson
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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 always available and provides outstanding advice."

"Robin knows our business inside out and his response times are almost instant."

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Chris Halliday
4
Band 4

Chris Halliday maintains a diverse corporate practice which demonstrates 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 is always available and lightening fast."

"Chris has a real capacity to be across everything; you can phone him any time and will be aware of each of the disciplines."

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Ranked Lawyers at
Eversheds Sutherland

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Robin Johnson
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Robin Johnson
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Band 3
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Chris Halliday
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Band 4
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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