Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP covers corporate tax, finance tax, real estate tax, and funds tax, and has notable expertise in tax risk insurance. The department is led by Ben Jones, who is head of the firm’s global tax practice, and as such is regularly active advising on tax aspects of cross-border transactions. Core team members include Paul Beausang, who leads on real estate tax, and finance tax expert Deepesh Upadhyay. Helen Mackey provides support on tax aspects of M&A, investments, and reorganisations, while Charlotte Stodell, alongside Beausang, is a key contact for real estate tax.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Eversheds team has a deep bench and everyone works in the same way to deliver user-friendly advice quickly. The team are highly regarded advisers to the London transactional risk insurance market.’

  • ‘I work regularly with Ben Jones and Helen Mackey, and both deliver a first class service. They get to grips with difficult concepts very fast and provide commercial and usable advice on demanding time scales.’

Key clients

  • Edwards LifeSciences
  • Schroders Greencoat

Work highlights

Advised Edwards LifeSciences and managed all tax aspects of the $4.2bn asset sale of the client’s Critical Care product group across 20 jurisdictions to Becton, Dickinson and Company.
Practice head

Ben Jones

Other key lawyers

Camilla Spielman; Paul Beausang; Deepesh Upadhyay; Helen Mackey; Charlotte Stodell; Ben Shem-Tov