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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

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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

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘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.’

  • ‘Partner availability and time response is amazing. Great technical knowledge.’

  • ‘We regularly work with Ben Jones on W&I insurance mandates, and he’s consistently communicative and responsible. He provides crystal clear advice with commerciality, and is appreciative of market dynamics in providing his advice.’

  • 'I have always found the team to be exceptionally responsive and technical when it comes to dealing with tax matters.'

  • 'Helen Mackey and Ben Jones are exceptional tax lawyers. Not only do they demonstrate strong tax know-how, they have the ability to package it up in a digestible way which allows us as clients (and non tax lawyers) to understand it and work with it to achieve strong outcomes for our own clients. They make us look good to our clients.'

Key clients

  • Edwards LifeSciences
  • Schroders Greencoat
  • Specialist Risk Group Limited
  • Morrisons Supermarket Group
  • Nisbets Limited
  • London LGPS CIV Limited
  • Kiwa
  • Keltbray Limited
  • Legal & General
  • Hexaware Technologies

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.
Advised Specialist Risk Group Limited on the acquisition (reported in the press as over £1bn) of Specialist Risk Group by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Temasek from a complex tax perspective.
Advised Legal & General on the full spectrum of the tax structuring and implementation for the establishment of the multimillion-pound L&G Affordable Homes REIT Fund (which has £510m total commitments as at February 2025).

Practice head

Ben Jones

Other key lawyers

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