Commercial Contracts

Eversheds Sutherland has a substantial national practice with notable cross-border capacity. It regularly acts on business-critical, high-value commercial matters for clients in a range of industries including retail, energy, food and beverages, and financial services. The team is skilled in areas including business separation, drafting contracts and procurement processes.

"They are technically very strong, very pragmatic and solution focused, particularly with IT deals."

"They are very responsive, extremely well organised and very proactive."

"Eversheds Sutherland has demonstrated great capabilities in terms of market, services and supplier knowledge, whilst handling the negotiations in a very pragmatic and risk-balanced way."

Eversheds Sutherland represented the Birmingham Airporton the outsourcing of Air Traffic Control Services at the airport.

Edward Tompkin undertakes sophisticated commercial contracts work, and has expertise in cross-border outsourcing matters. "Ed is a brilliant lawyer, excellent negotiator and commercially provides sound technical advice." "We really enjoyed Edward's expertise, pragmatism and accountability for the files he worked on." "Ed demonstrated a solid understanding of the vested market and provided well-considered, practical advice. He was a pleasure to work with."

Peter McCormack breaks into the rankings following his consistent involvement in impressive work paired with several endorsements. McCormack expertly advises reputed clients from different sectors, including retail and automotive. "He is a delight to work with and always someone I can rely on when working together. He is very knowledgeable." "Peter is top class when it comes to understanding our business and objectives and focusing his input accordingly." "He was able to cut through business complexity and operational complexity to draw out what we needed legally to provide a robust contract framework."