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That’s why it’s so important to us not only to provide you with high-quality legal advice, but to deliver it consistently around the globe. We’re a truly global law firm, with over 700 corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyers working seamlessly together from our offices around the world. The majority of our work is on highly strategic cross-border deals, and our local knowledge, specific to each jurisdiction, is essential to these deals being successful. We work for major global clients on sophisticated, substantial, complex transactions - and we know that mergers and acquisitions are highly strategic deals that can determine the future of your company. We can handle the pressure. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience advising on high-value strategic projects - and we can also help you with smaller transactions that are important to you. Whether your business is public or private, we understand the challenges and opportunities that are inherent in M&A deals. Our lawyers work for major global corporates and private equity houses across every industry - so deep sector knowledge underpins our extensive legal experience. Regardless which sector you are in, from financial services or aerospace, consumer products or healthcare, insurance or technology, we understand the market context and regulatory frameworks affecting your area of business, and the impact they might have on transactions. This in-depth sector knowledge allows us to add real value to the M&A process - and gives your ambitions the best chance of succeeding. Eversheds Sutherland’s global Corporate and M&A practice advises a range of clients, from some of the world’s largest corporations to growing and start-up businesses. Our team can advise you on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), initial public offerings (IPOs), takeovers, private equity, venture capital, debt and equity issues, fund formation, corporate reorganization, corporate governance and company secretarial. Our recent experience includes advising: a multinational, multi-industry specialty solutions company on the sale of its US-based nutrition and biosciences business to a global flavors, fragrances, and cosmetic manufacturer for $26bn shareholders of a leading global contract research organization on the £15bn sale of the company to an American scientific instrumentation supplier a Canadian insurance firm on the sale, by reinsurance, of its US individual life insurance and annuity business to a US financial services company for consideration of approximately $1 billion an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation on an agribusiness joint venture with a Singaporean food processing company a British multinational financial services and asset management company on its £162 million joint venture with one of the UK's most active privately owned developers a UK based sports fashion retailer on its £171m AIM IPO the management on the £900m IPO of a specialty chemicals company a leading Real Estate Investment Trust on its £25m IPO and over £500m of subsequent fundraisings a Swedish-American automotive safety supplier on the reorganization of two of its business segments to create a new global electronics brand one of the UK's leading investment platforms on a complex pre-IPO share capital reorganization involving shareholders in multiple jurisdictions (including the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, France, the Channel Islands and Italy) "They are skilled and are good problem solvers. 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We are committed to helping your business navigate increasingly complex transactions.

That’s why it’s so important to us not only to provide you with high-quality legal advice, but to deliver it consistently around the globe. We’re a truly global law firm, with over 700 corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyers working seamlessly together from our offices around the world. The majority of our work is on highly strategic cross-border deals, and our local knowledge, specific to each jurisdiction, is essential to these deals being successful.

We work for major global clients on sophisticated, substantial, complex transactions - and we know that mergers and acquisitions are highly strategic deals that can determine the future of your company. We can handle the pressure. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience advising on high-value strategic projects - and we can also help you with smaller transactions that are important to you. Whether your business is public or private, we understand the challenges and opportunities that are inherent in M&A deals.

Our lawyers work for major global corporates and private equity houses across every industry - so deep sector knowledge underpins our extensive legal experience. Regardless which sector you are in, from financial services or aerospace, consumer products or healthcare, insurance or technology, we understand the market context and regulatory frameworks affecting your area of business, and the impact they might have on transactions. This in-depth sector knowledge allows us to add real value to the M&A process - and gives your ambitions the best chance of succeeding.

Our Corporate and M&A experience

Eversheds Sutherland’s global Corporate and M&A practice advises a range of clients, from some of the world’s largest corporations to growing and start-up businesses. Our team can advise you on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), initial public offerings (IPOs), takeovers, private equity, venture capital, debt and equity issues, fund formation, corporate reorganization, corporate governance and company secretarial. Our recent experience includes advising:

a multinational, multi-industry specialty solutions company on the sale of its US-based nutrition and biosciences business to a global flavors, fragrances, and cosmetic manufacturer for $26bn
shareholders of a leading global contract research organization on the £15bn sale of the company to an American scientific instrumentation supplier
a Canadian insurance firm on the sale, by reinsurance, of its US individual life insurance and annuity business to a US financial services company for consideration of approximately $1 billion
an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation on an agribusiness joint venture with a Singaporean food processing company
a British multinational financial services and asset management company on its £162 million joint venture with one of the UK's most active privately owned developers
a UK based sports fashion retailer on its £171m AIM IPO
the management on the £900m IPO of a specialty chemicals company
a leading Real Estate Investment Trust on its £25m IPO and over £500m of subsequent fundraisings
a Swedish-American automotive safety supplier on the reorganization of two of its business segments to create a new global electronics brand
one of the UK's leading investment platforms on a complex pre-IPO share capital reorganization involving shareholders in multiple jurisdictions (including the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, France, the Channel Islands and Italy)