Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has key strength in tax matters relating to insurance and real estate. Team lead Ben Jones co-heads the firm's global tax group, and is highly active advising on tax aspects of cross-border M&A. Paul Beausang spearheads the dedicated real estate offering within the tax practice, alongside Deepesh Upadhyay, who heads the finance tax group. Camilla Spielman is team lead for financial services tax. Charlotte Stodell is a key name for real estate tax, while Helen Mackey is noted for her expertise advising M&A insurance providers.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team are best in class and the quality of advice we receive is excellent.’

  • ‘Ben Jones and Helen Mackey are fantastic and have always been supportive of our business.’

  • ‘Deepesh Upadhyay is personally invested in his clients and securing the best outcome for them.’

  • ‘The Eversheds Sutherland UK Corporate Tax practice functions very much as a team - partners are very hands-on and appear to work with associates in a very collaborative way. All voices are listened to and respected.'

  • 'The partners we have worked with are very commercial and solution orientated. They also appear to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of tax law and are able to explain it to non (tax) lawyers in a very clear way.’
  • ‘Ben Jones is very commercial, clear, concise and pragmatic; appears to instantly arrive at the heart of a problem and effortlessly scope out possible solutions; a very safe pair of hands.'

  • 'Deepesh Upadhyay has outstanding technical knowledge, is relentlessly solution orientated; always willing to go the extra mile for a client.'

  • ‘We work closely with Helen Mackey, who is technically excellent as well as extremely personable and easy to work with. Her advice is clear, and she's always thinking about offering solutions. Working with her is always a positive experience.’

Key clients

  • HSBC
  • Aviva Plc
  • Gii Finance Group
  • NextEnergy Capital
  • Liberty Mutual
  • AIG
  • Euclid
  • Mosaic
  • Brockwell Capital
  • Icen
  • Ryan
  • Legal & General
  • Kao Data
  • SEGRO
  • Aviva Plc
  • Russell Investments Limited
  • Bruntwood Scitech Limited

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ben Jones

Other key lawyers

Camilla Spielman, Paul Beausang, Deepesh Upadhyay, Helen Mackey, Charlotte Stodell, Ben Shem-Tov