Environmental, Social and Governance
United Kingdom
19 August 2025
Representing one of the wider firm’s five priority sectors, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP's retail and consumer practice stands out for their client list and cross-jurisdictional ability. The team works for large and national retailers in real estate and planning, logistics, and franchising, across employment, tax, and regulatory proceedings, and is involved in consumer protection and brand disputes. Andrew Todd, the Leeds and London-based practitioner specialising in litigation and dispute management and real estate insolvency, and Catherine Detalle, who is based in Paris, are the practice’s international heads.
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Testimonials
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‘Eversheds is a high caliber, high quality firm which offers the breadth of services we need to support our business.’
'Eversheds Sutherland’s breadth and depth of expertise means they are able to support us on a range of issues and cover all of our requirements for external legal support - they have an excellent knowledge and understanding of many different industries and sectors and their lawyers are first class.'
‘Eversheds Sutherland really take the time to get to know our internal team and understand our business, which enables them to better support us and act as a true extension of our in-house team.'
'Catherine Detalle and her team provide a lot of support on retail and consumer related issues, and they really understand our business, which has been instrumental in the development and management of our retail and distribution strategy.’
Key clients
- LEGO Group
- Castore
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited
- Frasers
- Helly Hansen
- Newell Brands
- Gymshark
- Maus Freres
- Next plc
- Lookers
Work highlights
Acted on the real estate, real estate litigation, employment and regulatory elements of for WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited on their strategic partnership with Motor Fuel Group (MFG) in a transaction valued at £2.5bn.
Acted for Morrisons Supermarkets, successfully obtaining injunctions to protect its regional distribution centre sites from unlawful protest by farming community campaigners.
Advised the shareholders of Nisbets Limited on the disposal of Nisbets to Bunzl PLC, valuing the Nisbets group at £500mn.
Practice head
Catherine Detalle; Andrew Todd
Other key lawyers
Robert Waterson; Wie-Men Ho; Lizzy Tindall; Phil Duignan