The Eversheds Sutherland dispute resolution and litigation department excels in various areas, including commercial, telecoms, and procurement disputes. The Belfast office often works collaboratively with the firm’s wider network of offices in both the UK and abroad. Heading the team is Matthew Howse, an expert in banking and insolvency litigation. Emily Paisley, ’a diligent, methodical and hard-working’ senior associate, focuses on commercial litigation.
Testimonials
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‘The litigation practice is one of the top practices, with a wealth of top-tier clients. The practice generally approaches every step of the litigation process with the clients’ commercial objectives in mind.’
‘Emily Paisley is an up-and-coming associate and one to watch. Emily has the ability to distil complicated matters into simple advices that clients at any level can easily grasp.'
- Matthew Howse's client management skills are second to none. His ability to organise a team to complete multiple tasks at the same time in any litigation ensure that cases run smoothly despite their sometimes immense complexity.’
‘The Eversheds Sutherland team is professional, experienced, and a highly slick operation. Commercial disputes are in safe hands there. They often handle disputes which are complex and difficult - and do so with ease. ’
‘Emily Paisley is a stand-out associate. She is diligent, methodical and hard-working. ’
‘Emily Paisley was incredibly professional yet friendly throughout our entire case. Keeping me updated every step of the way, Emily took care to ensure that I understood everything and that I was happy with everything.’
‘Matthew Howse was solutions focused and extremely responsive in providing me with an outline of what Eversheds Sutherland could help me with. He was also extremely efficient in moving the contracting arrangements forward in what was a very short period of time.
- 'Emily Paisley was particularly helpful in pulling together what was a complex piece of work, of high risk, in a very tight timeframe.'
Key clients
- Advanced Electronic Solutions Global Limited
- Agua Fabrics Limited
- Alex Properties Limited
- AON UK Limited
- AP Wireless II (UK) Limited
- Arctic Linefish AS
- Azzuro Associates Limited
- Bannatyne Fitness Limited
- BDO
- Bentley Corporate Manufacturing LLP
- Butcher Woods Limited
- Car Search NI Limited
- CDE Global Limited
- Clover 51 Limited
- CSC Computer Sciences Limited t/a DXC Technology
- CVS UK Limited
- DFS
- Ellard Limited
- Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
- Four Seasons Healthcare Limited
- Frasers Group Plc
- Funding Circle Limited
- Guarantee Protection Insurance Limited
- Harcourt Construction (NI) Limited
- Itrex Corporation
- Keenan Corporate Finance Limited
- Kevin Watson Construction Limited
- Kildare Projects Limited
- Kingspan Insulation Limited
- Leeson Street Projects
- Legal & General Group Plc
- Lloyds Bank General Insurance Limited
- Lough Erne Yacht Club Limited
- McConnell Property Limited
- Miller James Limited
- Northern Ireland Local Government Association
- Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
- Northland Deutsche Bucht GMbH
- Northstone NI Limited t/a Farrans
- Pearson Management Services Limited
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- PwC
- Radius Housing Association Limited
- Ramos Ferreira UK Limited
- Roland Graham
- Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited
- Shoe Zone
- Simplicity Group Ltd
- South William Street Projects
- Tim Hortons (Spinnaker IM NO 2 Limited)
- Totara Learning Europe Limited
- Trustees of the Calor Group Pension Trust
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Howse