Tom Bridgford > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has strong expertise in private equity, advising on transactions across the mid-market both locally and internationally. The practice is prominent across a range of sectors including healthcare, aerospace, retail, real estate and defence. Michael Birchall leads the team and advises clients on acquisitions, joint ventures and financing projects. Daniel Hall  specialises in TMT while Alistair Cree focuses on M&A transactions and ECM work. Elizabeth Tindall is well-versed in private equity matters and Tom Bridgford handles commercial issues.

Described as a ‘vital resource‘ by its clients, the Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP IT practice assists with large scale outsourcing and implementation projects. The firm regularly supports clients in a number of sectors including financial services and pharmaceuticals. The team is led by outsourcing expert Tom Bridgford. He is supported by Richard Hill, who also works on outsourcing as well as software contracts and data protection. Also key within the team is litigator Matthew Taylor.

‘A well led, experienced team with a very commercial approach’, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP provides a wide offering owing to its depth and breath of practitioners located in and beyond London, and is experienced in acting on major templated transformation projects, joint venture agreements, facilities management and goods and services contracts. Beyond established sector presence in aerospace, transport and real estate, the group has seen a notable increase in sport, media and entertainment, and automotive related matters, acting for a range of blue-chip clients on complex and regularly cross-border issues, the latter of which is an area of particular strength for team head Peter McCormack. Working closely with the real estate and property department, Kelly Holmes acts on a broad range of property management and facilities management contractual work for a number of FTSE100 companies and public bodies, while Tom Bridgford is the key contact to AstraZeneca. Both Agnes Koko and principal associate Edward Tompkin have broad practices, with the former’s largely concentrated on transport-related issues and the latter on large-scale international outsourcings.