Eversheds Sutherland named Tax Practice Group of the year for third consecutive year

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that its Tax Practice Group has been selected as Practice Group of the Year by Law360 for the third consecutive year, and for the sixth time in the last seven years. The group has been recognized for its role in helping clients succeed in high-stakes litigation and critical business challenges in Federal, International, and State and Local tax.

“Tax has long been one of Eversheds Sutherland’s premiere practice groups, and it is an honor to be recognized consistently for the team’s tremendous work,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Eversheds Sutherland Co-CEO. “I congratulate them for their exceptional accomplishments, excellent client service and for receiving this award.” 
 
The Law360 Practice Group of the Year award honors law firms that have worked on the biggest deals or have achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases throughout the legal industry in the past year. 

“We have had a particularly strong year in tax planning and tax controversy. We are fortunate to have a group of talented tax lawyers whose experience span the breadth of every significant tax specialty area. Our lawyers are committed to providing our clients with thoughtful and integrated tax advice, and we are humbled to be recognized as a top practice group for the third year in a row,” said Jeffrey A. Friedman, US Tax Practice Group Leader.

Eversheds Sutherland serves as tax counsel to many of the world’s most prominent corporations—including more than 35 of the Fortune 100—in every area of federal, international, state and local tax law. Our prominence in legal tax services dates back to the firm’s founding nearly a century ago. More than 100 tax attorneys represent taxpayers in federal, international, employee benefits, insurance, tax exempt, and state and local tax matters. By virtue of the size of our tax practice and our varied client base, we are active in every area of taxation—from planning the most complex corporate tax transactions to representing taxpayers in administrative and judicial tax controversies.

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 75 of the Fortune 100, 68 of the FTSE 100 and 113 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 68 offices in 32 jurisdictions 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.