Eversheds Sutherland gives representation to women and ethnic minorities in promotions

Eversheds Sutherland gives representation to women and ethnic minorities in promotions

Promoted Partners include 41 per cent female and 10 per cent minority ethnic

The global multinational law firm Eversheds Sutherland has announced a large-scale promotion with adequate representation of women and ethnic minorities.

A total of 22 partner promotions across its International and Europe network has been made with effect from 1 May 2021.

41 per cent of Eversheds Sutherland's new partners are female while 10 per cent of new UK partners belong to minority ethnic groups.

The promotions of 22 individuals as partners are spread across the firm's practice teams in 14 of its international offices including the UK, Europe and Asia. The firm has also promoted 17 lawyers to legal director in the UK and Hong Kong.

"My warmest congratulations to our 2021 partners and legal directors on their successful promotions. Despite the many and varied challenges of the last 12 months, they have all found a way to continue their fantastic commitment to their clients, colleagues and teams," Lee Ranson, CEO, Eversheds Sutherland (International), said.

Details of Eversheds Sutherland Partner promotions 2021:

Partners

CCPG

• Anthony Cross, Corporate (Munich)

• Nicola Evans, Corporate (London)

• Richard Hill, Commercial (Manchester)

• Jonathan Malim, Banking (London)

• Rhys McWhirter, Corporate (Hong Kong)

• Nils Mueller, Commercial (Munich)

• Phil Spyropoulos, Financial Services (London)

• Deepesh Upadhyay, Tax (London)

• Aurelien Loric, Corporate (Paris)

• Linda Kempe, Company Commercial (Stockholm)

• Jan Österman, Company Commercial (Stockholm)

HRPG

• Anique Bitterlich-Straver, Employment (Rotterdam)

• Laura Brook, Pensions (London)

• Céline Wauters, Employment (Brussels)

• Tülay Cakir, Employment (Vienna)

L&DMPG

• Tim Browning, CDR (London)

• David Rieks, CDR (Hamburg)

• Kate Poole, Real Estate Litigation (London)

• Rob Holloway, Real Estate Litigation (Birmingham)

• Glenn Newberry, FSDI (Cardiff)

• Marta González, Health & Life Science (Madrid)

REPG

• Dominika Veselá, Real Estate (Prague)

Legal Directors

CCPG

• Rachel Soundy, Corporate (Birmingham)

• Victoria Green, Tax (London)

• Annabel Borg, Competition (London)

• Zoe Aarons, Restructuring (London)

• Ian Gill, Restructuring (Nottingham)

• Sarah Burnside, Financial Services (Edinburgh)

• Jamie Dunlop, Financial Services (London)

HRPG

• Rachel Bennett, Employment (Cambridge)

L&DMPG

• Peter Shervington, CDR (Leeds)

• Isabelle Mitchell, CDR (Birmingham)

• Helen Eastwood, FSDI (Birmingham)

• Duncan Watt, FSDI (Hong Kong)

• Hannah Nichols, CDR (Nottingham)

• Laura Dunseath, FSDI (London)

REPG

• Jane Lancaster, Core Real Estate (Manchester)

• Adele Pogmore, Core Real Estate (Birmingham)

• Roddy Macdonald, Planning (Leeds)

The latest round of promotions are in addition to promotions of nine new partners in Eversheds Sutherland (US) that came into effect from 1 January 2021.