England - North West • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

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Described as a ‘vital resource’ by its clients, the Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP IT practice assists with large scale outsourcing and implementation projects. The firm regularly supports clients in a number of sectors including financial services and pharmaceuticals. The team is led by outsourcing expert Tom Bridgford. He is supported by Richard Hill, who also works on outsourcing as well as software contracts and data protection. Also key within the team is litigator Matthew Taylor.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team has deep experienced and supported a key IT project for us. They were flexible and creative in responding to several commercial challenges which disrupted out timeline. Service was always delivered using the right seniority of lawyer and the team anticipated challenges and provided solutions for us.’

  • ‘Richard Hill provided a broad range of advice and input, always with a focus on solutions to move forward what was, at times, a very challenging project.’

  • ‘The Practice can provide a holistic view of complex issues spanning across contractual / regulatory and corporate matters.’

  • ‘Stand out partners: Tom Bridgford (Partner and Head of Outsourcing (International) Matthew Taylor (Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution) Breadth and depth of knowledge, clarity of advice’

  • ‘The IT practice team within Eversheds are a vital resource to us as an organisation and they provide sound commercial advice in a timely fashion which is primarily what we want.’

  • ‘Tom Bridgford and Matt Taylor are key individuals that we rely on whenever we need advice on a particular transaction that has kept them busy for a number of years now.’

Key clients

  • AstraZeneca
  • CVS (UK) Limited
  • Cognizant
  • Xactly
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Lookers
  • Heywood

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tom Bridgford

Other key lawyers

Richard Hill, Matthew Taylor