Environmental, Social and Governance
United Kingdom
19 August 2025
A key component of Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP’s private funds team, which sits within its financial services group, is its deep knowledge of the LTAF structure. The team is called upon by institutional investors investing in a range of fund types. Practice head Richard Batchelor advises on the structuring and restructuring of funds. In the Edinburgh office, Sarah Burnside has a specialism in sustainability-focused funds, while Stefanie Sahla-Jones advises on fund launches as well as the regulatory aspects of these mandates.
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Key clients
- Future Planet Capital
- Legal & General Investment Management
- Capital Dynamics
- Columbia Threadneedle
- Schroders Capital
- Russell Investments
- Aviva
- HSBC
- LCIV
- TPT Investment Management
- South Yorkshire Pension Fund
- AEW UK Investment Managers LLP
- Rebalance Earth Venture Limited
Work highlights
Advised Capital Dynamics Limited on its investment funds’ co-investment alongside Pollen Street Capital in the public-to-private takeover of Mattioli Woods plc which valued the target at £432 million.
Advising Rebalance Earth Venture Limited, the UK’s first boutique fund manager entirely focused on nature as an asset by financing nature as business-critical infrastructure on the design of their innovative natural capital fund.
Practice head
Richard Batchelor
Other key lawyers
Sarah Burnside; Stefanie Sahla-Jones