Eversheds Sutherland

Overview

Eversheds Sutherland is a large, global full-service law practice advising multinationals, financial institutions, governments and sponsors across major markets. The firm positions itself as a purpose-led organisation — "Helping our clients, our people and our communities to thrive" — and combines a broad partner-led legal practice with an alternative legal services arm (Konexo) and significant technology-enabled delivery capabilities. Strengths signalled across the firm's pages include banking & finance, capital markets, data/privacy & cybersecurity, project/energy and global corporate work, supported by integrated legal project management and legal-technology delivery.

• Headquarters: London

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate & M&A
• Data Protection & Privacy
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Employment
• Pensions
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Infrastructure & Projects
• Real Estate
• Insolvency & Restructuring
• Technology & Digital
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Tax
• ESG & Sustainability

Geographic Focus: True to its 'think globally, act locally' approach, the firm operates a transatlantic global network with a strong UK–US platform and offices across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The firm highlights cross-border capability for multinational clients, co‑ordinated incident response for cybersecurity matters across 24+ jurisdictions, and project finance, energy and infrastructure coverage across Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America.

Training Contract

The firm offers training contracts across many of its offices; the global careers pages stress trainees receive early client exposure and on-the-job responsibility. The firm’s stated learning model is 70% on-the-job training, 20% social learning/coaching/mentoring and 10% formal courses.

• Application Deadline: 1 December 2026

International Opportunities

The firm highlights international mobility and secondments as a feature of careers; trainees and lawyers are encouraged to work with other offices and on secondments to international clients.

Mentorship

The firm provides mentors and structured feedback to lawyers and trainees; Careers pages state the firm provides mentors, sets aside time for feedback and supports coaching and mentoring as part of the 70/20/10 model.

Programmes & Schemes

Notable Matters

What Eversheds Sutherland Looks For

Key Competencies

• Commercial awareness
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Client-facing confidence and communication
• International mindset and cross-border adaptability
• Tech-savviness and interest in legal technology
• Resilience and drive
• Commitment to pro bono and responsible business

Evidence Signals

• Relevant commercial work experience or internships (including vacation schemes)
• International or multi-jurisdictional experience/secondments
• Pro bono or social-impact work
• Experience with legal technology, automation or project delivery
• Demonstrable teamwork (client-facing or transactional contributions)

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Pro bono billable hour credit (pro bono counted as factor in promotion/bonus eligibility)
• Mentoring, coaching and formal development (70/20/10 model)
• Global secondment and international mobility opportunities
• Access to Konexo alternative legal services and technology/delivery expertise
• E-learning and client-facing training programmes
• Alumni network with events and professional engagement

Wellbeing

The firm states wellbeing is at the heart of its people agenda and offers wellbeing programmes, employee networks and local initiatives; specific benefits (private healthcare, dental, gym) are not listed on the global pages reviewed.

Awards & Recognition

• Konexo: Chambers and Partners Band 1 for Alternative Legal Service Provider NewLaw Guide (since 2020)
• Konexo: The British Legal Awards – Alternative Legal Services Provider of the Year 2023
• Konexo: The British Legal Awards – Future of Legal Services Innovation of the Year 2023
• 66 practice areas across 24 jurisdictions named among world’s best in Chambers Global 2021
• Legal 500: Multiple regional Tier 1 practice rankings (Legal 500 regional rankings listed on firm profile)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Eversheds Sutherland is a participant in the United Nations Global Compact and supports its ten principles and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The firm states a global diversity strategy championed by senior leadership and a combination of top-down and grassroots programming to increase opportunity for under-represented talent.

• Global people networks and affinity groups with visible partner sponsors
• Local D&I missions driven by 'think globally and act locally' approach
• UN Global Compact participant
• Global partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
• Local pro bono and volunteering programmes

Pro Bono

The firm encourages pro bono contribution, offers billable hour credit for pro bono work and uses pro bono as part of promotion/bonus considerations. It has a global partnership with the International Rescue Committee; in the first year of that partnership the firm recorded over 1,200 pro bono hours across more than 40 pro bono matters for the IRC, including global data privacy policy work, AI clauses in commercial agreements, employment training and legal research support.

Innovation

The firm invests in tech-enabled legal delivery through a Service Excellence framework which combines service design, legal technology, legal project management and client-facing knowledge. Examples include an eDiscovery platform, e-bundling for trials, document automation, robotic process automation and client tools such as Diversidata. Konexo provides legal transformation, technology selection and implementation, and interim resourcing, and the firm highlights AI and data-driven solutions as a core strand of its innovation offering.

• Service Excellence programme (legal project managers, legal technologists, business analysts, developers, knowledge and service design professionals)
• Diversidata (client-facing diversity data tool)
• Proprietary M&A collaboration solution (collaboration portal, eSignatures, document automation)
• Secure eDiscovery platform and e-bundling platform
• Document automation and robotic process automation projects
• Konexo legal transformation and technology consulting (including AI and digital transformation work)

Quick Application Angles

• Open applications with concrete examples of commercial work: reference the firm’s recent cross-border deals (e.g., John Laing/Rock Rail €800m rolling stock investment or OCBC’s PT Merdeka Gold Resources Tbk dual listing) to demonstrate commercial awareness of the firm’s practice areas.
• Show a global mindset: describe international experience or language skills and explain how you would contribute to cross-border teams — the firm emphasises 'think globally, act locally' and international secondments.
• Link to innovation and Konexo: if you have project work or technical experience (process improvement, automation, legal tech), highlight it — the firm invests heavily in technology-enabled delivery and Konexo is a strategic growth area.
• Demonstrate values alignment: reference one of the firm’s core values (Collaborative / Creative / Professional / Inclusive / Open) with an example from work or extracurriculars that shows teamwork, creativity and client-focus.
• Evidence pro bono or responsible business commitment: mention volunteering, pro bono work or social-impact projects (the firm has an active global pro bono programme and a partnership with the IRC).