Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Eversheds Sutherland is one of the largest firms in the world with more than 3,000 attorneys practicing in offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms form alliances with firms in Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, and Africa, providing support around the globe. In the United States, lawyers work across 10 offices from coast to coast.

The Makings of a Mega Firm

In early 2017, Eversheds Sutherland was formed through the combination of the U.S. firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and the U.K. firm Eversheds LLP. Sutherland, formed in 1924 by William Sutherland, a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and Elbert Tuttle, began as a tax firm. After World War II, the firm began expanding practice areas to become a full-service firm. 

On the other side of the pond, Eversheds traced its roots to the founding of Evershed & Tomkinson Solicitors in Birmingham in 1914. In the late 1980s, the modern incarnation of the firm was formed through a multiparty merger of several U.K. regional practices.

All-Around Strength

Eversheds Sutherland is home to many important practices, including corporate, energy, financial services, intellectual property (IP), litigation, real estate, and tax law practices. The firm’s corporate lawyers work across a myriad of areas, including bankruptcy, finance, M&A, securities, technology, and vendor compliance. Litigators work on everything from class action defense, product liability, cybersecurity, and internal investigations to financial services litigation and bankruptcy. The firm incorporates legal project management in its litigation matters and also helps clients avoid future risks.

Eversheds Sutherland has a recognized energy practice executed by lawyers with extensive experience. The firm counsels on energy commodity trading in addition to energy company bankruptcy, project development, renewable energy, regulatory, and other issues.

The firm is a presence in the real estate community, with lawyers across the globe focused on their respective geographic areas. Eversheds Sutherland lawyers have experience working with different property types such as affordable housing, industrial, retail, multifamily, and mixed-use developments.

In addition, the firm represents taxpayers in federal, international, employee benefit, insurance, tax exemption, and state and local tax matters. The firm is active in every area of taxation, from planning the most complex corporate tax transactions to representing taxpayers in administrative and judicial tax controversies.

AI Around the World

Through its global AI initiatives, the firm helps clients leverage AI technologies by advising on related legal, regulatory, and compliance issues. The firm’s global AI leadership team ensures a consistent approach to AI strategy across the firm’s global law practice and a global AI task force contributes to these efforts with a focus on the firm’s use of AI technologies in its own operations

COVID-19 Update

Eversheds Sutherland hires attorneys and summer associates who will further contribute to the firm's culture and reputation for excellence in every respect. We recruit candidates with impressive credentials and work experience, focusing on individuals who reflect some of the firm’s core values of being approachable, self-motivated, collaborative, professional, and creative. The intellectual quality of our attorneys is uniformly high, and we seek candidates whose personal qualities, skills, and interests will enrich the firm. During the coronavirus pandemic and moving forward, we are continuing our steady focus on candidates who will enhance our practice, service to clients, and community. We are filling existing positions by hiring lateral associates and we are building a pipeline for future associates by hiring summer associates. We encourage candidates across all positions to apply with us directly. We are also participating in virtual OCI at various law schools. Essentially, we will continue to grow and evolve.

• Advised Oglethorpe Power Corp. on its investment in Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4—the first new nuclear reactors built in the United States in over 30 years—leading Oglethorpe’s first-ever green bond issuances, which were among the earliest green bonds used for nuclear energy, marking a milestone in U.S. sustainable infrastructure finance.
• Led the representation of Fiserv, Inc., in establishing the first operational merchant acquirer limited purpose bank under a special Georgia charter tailored for payment card processors and fintech companies. 
• Secured a consequential appellate victory in SEC v. Commonwealth Equity Services, overturning a $93 million SEC judgment in the First Circuit and reinforcing important due process standards. 
• Achieved precedent-setting tax-related appellate wins for Duke Energy, preserving critical economic development incentives.

• No. 3 Summer Associates Program and Legalweek Law Firm winner in Tech Law Awards for Regulatory, Governance, and Compliance Technology, 2025—Law360
• Best Professional Development Initiative Finalists, 2025—The American Lawyer
• Highly Commended for Practice of Law: Disputes and litigation and Commended for Practice of Law: Unlocking Capital, Innovative Lawyers North America Awards, 2025—Financial Times
• 91 ranked lawyers and 39 ranked practice areas in Chambers USA, 2025, and 107 practice areas across more than 30 jurisdictions ranked in Chambers Global, 2026—Chambers and Partners
• 146 recognized lawyers and 32 practices in the United States, 2025—Legal 500