Eversheds Sutherland Honored at National Law Journal Awards for ESG & Community Impact Work

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that the firm was honored by the 2022 National Law Journal Awards as ESG & Community Impact Leaders. The National Law Journal annually honors firms, attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession by shaping the law, achieving outsized results for their clients, being an outstanding jurist or assisting those in need of legal services. The publication honored firms in the ESG & Community Impact Leaders category for their cutting-edge approaches to environmental, social and corporate governance issues. 

“We are honored to receive this recognition for our ESG client work and the firm’s responsible business initiatives and impact,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “It shows that we have an outstanding global service offering for ESG that clients can rely on to guide them through the fast-changing ESG landscape regardless of jurisdiction. It is also great to see our own ESG approach and global responsible business program recognized. Helping our communities thrive is at the heart of our firm’s strategy, and we are committed to embedding responsible business practices throughout our global operations.”

“We are thrilled to receive this award. As ESG continues to progress from a reputational topic to a regulatory one, clients need increasingly complex and comprehensive legal advice,” said Partner Herbert J. Short, Co-Lead of Eversheds Sutherland’s Global ESG Group. “We have been operating as a global team to support clients on everything from renewable energy and green finance to ESG reporting and board governance as well as human rights and business ethics. It is great to see our work validated by this award.”

Eversheds Sutherland’s Global ESG Group brings together practitioners from various jurisdictions and disciplines, including clean energy, sustainable finance, financial regulatory, real estate, timber and natural resources, litigation and disputes, employee benefits and more. The ESG Group is co-led by an ESG Leadership Team helmed by Herbert Short (Eversheds Sutherland US) and Diane Gilhooley (Eversheds Sutherland International).

Eversheds Sutherland was recognized for its extensive ESG client work as well as the firm’s own responsible business program. As part of our responsible business strategy, the firm has made key commitments (including net zero by 2050) and implemented new initiatives and projects for 2022 and beyond. As a member of the UN Global Compact, we are committed to transparency and report our annual Communication on Progress. 

We take a holistic view to ESG as we believe the greatest positive impact we can have on our planet and its people is through the combination of our client advisory work and our own operations. 

About Eversheds Sutherland 
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 79 of the Fortune 100, 65 of the FTSE 100 and 134 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in over 70 offices in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax. 

Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.