Eversheds Sutherland adds insurance partner in London

Eversheds Sutherland adds insurance partner in London

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the appointment of Mark Everiss as insurance partner to strengthen its financial services disputes team in London.

Everiss has been hired from Cooley, where he helped found Cooley's London office back in 2015. Additionally, Everiss has led the West Coast firm's global insurance practice group for the past five years.

He has extensive experience of over two decades in the insurance and reinsurance sector, particularly in advising clients in relation to third-party liability, onshore and offshore energy, financial institutions and employers' liability matters, among others.

Prior to his time at Cooley, Everiss was a partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer, where he was co-chair of the firm's international reinsurance group. He was one of 12 Edwards Wildman partners who joined Cooley in January 2015 from Edwards Wildman's unsettled London office just as it was merging with fellow US firm Locke Lord. He has been involved with the Insurance and Reinsurance Legacy Association as a director and company secretary since 2007 in addition to his work in private practice.

Everiss said: "I'm delighted to be taking on such an interesting and challenging role at the firm. Working closely with Simon, my plan is to help grow our contentious insurance and reinsurance capabilities and help develop our talented lawyers in support of ourselves clients' strategic goals."