Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

While Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP lacks the versatility of some of the other ranked firms, lacking as it does an IP litigation function, under the  leadership of the vastly experienced Matthew Gough it has an 'excellent commercial IP offering', and is an undoubted market leader for non-contentious work. The scope of this work is broad, from advising tech businesses on their IP strategies and acting on large-scale digitisation projects, through to advice on the IP issues associated with outsourcing agreements. In addition, the team regularly provides pivotal IP due diligence on financial services M&A handled by the firm's corporate team. Eve England regularly handles this work, as well as having a niche offering in consumer law matters and taking on an increasingly large amount of mandates relating to the protection of proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions.