Eversheds Sutherland Adds Senior Counsel Philip Ehrlich in New York

NEW YORK - Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that the firm has added Philip H. Ehrlich as senior counsel in the Insurance Practice Group in New York. Joining from Hogan Lovells, Mr. Ehrlich focuses his practice on the representation of domestic and foreign financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds, corporate clients, and bondholder and creditor committees in a wide range of transactions and corporate matters. He also routinely advises clients on bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency, nationally and internationally. Mr. Ehrlich will work closely with Partner Peter Ivanick and Counsel Lynn W. Holbert, who focus on bankruptcy, restructuring, and insurance insolvency and joined Eversheds Sutherland from Hogan Lovells earlier this year. 

“We are excited to welcome Phil to the firm,” said Partner John S. Pruitt, Practice Group Leader Insurance. “He brings a broad range of experience in M&A, finance and bankruptcy with him that complements both our global transactional insurance practice and our growing Bankruptcy & Restructuring Team.”   

Mr. Ehrlich has deep experience in complex US and cross-border corporate reorganizations, acquisitions and dispositions, including mergers and stock and asset acquisitions. He's also well versed in out-of-court and bankruptcy restructurings and reorganizations, debt and equity financings, workouts and foreclosures, joint ventures, and other commercial transactions.

The Eversheds Sutherland Insurance practice has been advising leaders in the insurance industry for more than 50 years. Immersed in insurance—from transformative transactions to essential operations—Eversheds Sutherland’s team develops creative, business-oriented solutions in regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, finance, demutualizations, tax, litigation, reinsurance and captive insurance matters, among many others.

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.