Corporate/M&A - Wales
What the Team is Known For
Eversheds Sutherland is a nationally prominent firm with a corporate practice that has a reputation for excellence in transactional work and an enviable spread of high-profile clients across the public and private sectors. It demonstrates excellent credentials in energy-related work and is also noted for its expertise in financial services. Its Cardiff office houses UK-wide expertise, while its capabilities in cross-border work are bolstered by its network of international offices across Europe and Asia.
Strengths
"Eversheds Sutherland is highly commercial, responsive and sensitive to client's needs to get matters resolved quickly."
"Eversheds has a broad knowledge base on corporate law. The team is always quick to respond and is not only technically strong, but also very pragmatic."
"There's a huge range of specialists and the corporate team itself is large andincredibly efficient."
"The whole team is very quick to acknowledge contact and provide advice to our timescales, often at short notice. It has a very strong range of advisers across all levels too."
Work Highlights
Eversheds Sutherland advised Specialist Risk Group on all M&A components of its acquisition of insurance broker CBC Partnership.
Notable Practitioners
Paul Pugh is head of the corporate team in Wales. He is frequently sought out by financial services sector clients for a variety of corporate and commercial concerns. He handles joint venture partnerships, M&A and wider transformative and restructuring projects. "Paul is a brilliant lawyer; he's highly practical and commercial." "Paul is a very good lawyer. He is very good at maintaining client relationships and always thinks about them to make sure they are up to date in his field." "Paul is excellent to work with. He is technically strong, very responsive and very pragmatic." "Paul Pugh is very strong in his field. He's calm, cool, collected, but equally fierce when needed. He really knows his way around an M&A deal and can also be a real diplomat." "We have thrown some very challenging issues his way and he handled them with aplomb. I'd have no hesitation working with Paul on the most complex of matters."