A strong choice for asset-based lenders, banks, and private equity clients, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is particularly active in the energy, financial services, and real estate sectors. Lauded for his ‘vast knowledge across multiple sectors’, Mark Wood oversees the team and often handles corporate recovery and corporate restructuring. Other key members of the team include Ian Gill. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Nottingham.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is commercial and pragmatic and has great strength and depth, pulling on resources around the firm as necessary to ensure that the proposed strategy is appropriate and can be delivered as planned. The team are capable of dealing with all work types from mundane to extremely complex.'
  • ‘A strong East Midlands presence with significant experience, they are a diverse team, with wide relationships.'
  • ‘The team always work beyond what is expected and in a down-to-earth, easy-to-understand manner. Their experience of similar cases is quite apparent which helps with the speed of response and strategy of how to approach a case.'
  • ‘They are down-to-earth like-minded people, you have confidence in the work that gets undertaken which helps you and your colleagues sleep at night. ’
  • ‘The team at Eversheds Sutherlands provides outstanding service, making each client feel like their top priority. Mark Wood has assembled an exceptional team of highly skilled individuals, with notable members including Ian Gill. It would be difficult to find another firm with such a formidable and dynamic lineup.’
  • ‘Mark Wood is extremely capable and my primary contact. Mark supervises all other threads of work and ensures that any advice is coherent and complete. Mark is an extremely good communicator, being able to break down complex messages in an understandable way for both professionals and non-professionals.’
  • ‘Mark Wood is a widely recognised business leader in the East Midlands and a well-renowned restructuring lawyer with expertise in supply chain and insolvency.’
  • ‘Finding a lawyer with Mark Wood's skillset and vast knowledge across multiple sectors is rare. However, finding a lawyer as personable as Mark, with the ability to communicate in a no-nonsense, efficient way, them are rarer.’

Key clients

  • FRP Advisory LLP
  • Quantuma Advisory
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • RSM
  • Interpath Advisory Limited
  • KPMG LLP
  • Pricewaterhousecoopers
  • Mazars LLP
  • Teneo Financial Advisory Limited
  • Smith Cooper

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Wood

Other key lawyers

Ian Gill