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North: Finance
Insolvency and corporate recovery
Insolvency and corporate recovery - ranked: tier 1
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Receiving regular support from various other departments including the firm’s banking, real estate and regulatory teams, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP's insolvency and corporate restructuring practice has particular expertise in the retail, energy, infrastructure, construction and further education sectors alongside the professional services industry. Team head Paul Dutton acted for the administrators of the personal injury firm Unity Law in various matters, ensuring that the company in administration was able to benefit from successful personal injury claims after its sale. He also advised PWC on the administration of Joseph Rhodes and Slater & Crabtree, which involved the staggered sale of various assets including intellectual property, shares and machinery, assisted Clydesdale Bank with enforcement options and possession proceedings pertaining to an agricultural property, and advised the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on reorganisation matters and inter-company loans.
North: Human resources
Employment
Employment - ranked: tier 2
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP’s ‘experienced and knowledgeable’ team provides a ‘first-class service’ to commercial and public sector clients; the latter includes local government, policing, education, health and third sector clients. With a specialism in equal pay and discrimination matters, ‘approachable and friendly’ team head Shirley Hall ‘tackles any issues quickly and thoroughly’; recently, she defended Northumbria Police in employment tribunal proceedings pertaining to allegations of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, sex and disability discrimination and victimisation brought by the client’s former director of legal services, and acted for Northumberland County Council before the employment tribunal in defence against unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims brought by two employees following a restructuring process and subsequent redundancies. Other clients include a NHS foundation trust, a major logistics provider and Nissan Motor Manufacturing. Associate Jessie Uppal is experienced handling business immigration mandates.
Leading individuals
Shirley Hall - Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Next generation lawyers
Jessie Uppal - Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Health and safety
Health and safety - ranked: tier 1
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP handles a wide range of contentious and non-contentious health and safety work spanning regulatory compliance, investigations and enforcement matters. Leeds-based Kevin Elliott heads the team, which includes Tim Hill, who is the main contact for Newcastle. Hill acts for clients in the chemical, energy, construction, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors, advising on Competent Authority inspections and investigations alongside corporate and personal liability issues. In recent work, he assisted Greencore Grocery with police and HSE investigations following a contractor’s fatality, and acted alongside colleagues from the Leeds office for AGC Chemicals Europe in HSE investigations and the subsequent prosecution following allegations that poor quality pipework caused chemical burn injuries to a worker.
North: Real estate
Construction
Construction - ranked: tier 4
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP ‘offers valuable insights and pragmatic solutions’ and is ‘very effective at drilling down into the evidence to build the case from the ground up’, while also being a ‘pleasure to work with’. With contentious construction work at its core and particular sector expertise in energy and infrastructure, ‘very experienced and strategic’ team head Mary Anne Roff acted for the Sisk Group in a series of disputes concerning the construction of two power plants in the UK.
Leading individuals
Mary Anne Roff - Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Environment
Environment - ranked: tier 3
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
At Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, team head Tim Hill specialises in defending clients in pollution and waste offences, challenges to statutory notices and packaging waste claims, among other criminal and regulatory matters. Hill is also well versed in guiding chemical and energy sector clients through competent authority inspections and investigations, and on the non-contentious side assists clients with compliance matters.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
- Employment
- Energy and infrastructure
- Intellectual property
- TMT
Austria
Offices in Vienna
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Employment
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
Brunei
Offices in Bandar Seri Begawan
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, and Düsseldorf
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
Algeria
East Anglia
Offices in Cambridge and Ipswich
- Human resources : Employment
- Insurance : Personal injury: defendant
- Private client : Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector : Education
- Real estate : Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
East Midlands
Offices in Nottingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Education
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : TMT
- Insurance
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patents
- Intellectual property : Trade marks
- Private equity
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Estonia
Offices in Tallinn
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- IP, IT and telecoms
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
Finland
Offices in Hämeenlinna, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Turku, and Pori
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Environment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Industry focus : Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property : Trade marks, designs and copyright
- Project finance
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Offices in Dublin
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Planning and environment
- Projects and PPP
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Tax
- Telecoms
Italy
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Tax
Jordan
Offices in Amman
Lithuania
Offices in Vilnius
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
London
Offices in London EC2V and London E1W
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs and Excise
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£250m
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Commodities: derivatives
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Retail funds
- Private client : Charities and not-for-profit
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity and renewables)
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Public sector : Education: individuals
- Public sector : Education: institutions
- Public sector : Education: schools
- Public sector : Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Risk advisory : Brexit
- Risk advisory : Data protection privacy and cybersecurity
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- Risk advisory : Reputation management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
Latvia
Offices in Riga
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- IP, IT and telecoms
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
Morocco
Mauritius
Offices in Port Louis
North
Offices in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
Northern Ireland
Offices in Belfast
Netherlands
Offices in Rotterdam and Amsterdam
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Energy : Regulatory
- Energy : Transactional
- Real estate
North West
Offices in Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Project finance and PFI
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- TMT
- Tax
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
Scotland
Offices in Edinburgh
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Intellectual property and media
- Real estate
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
Switzerland
Offices in Zurich, Bern, and Geneva
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Employment
- Transport
Tunisia
Offices in Tunis
United States
Offices in New York, Austin, Washington DC, Houston, Atlanta, and Sacramento
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Financial services regulation
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property : Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Real estate : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious
Wales
Offices in Cardiff
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Cardiff and South Wales
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Debt recovery
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Human resources : Employment: Cardiff
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Project finance and PFI
- Public sector
- Real estate : Commercial property: Cardiff
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
West Midlands
Offices in Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Public sector : Education
- Real estate : Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Leeds
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Energy
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms