Biglaw corporations proceed to open their doorways in cities the place enterprise is booming, and the newest agency to take action is Eversheds Sutherland.
The agency — which introduced in $1,480,000,000 gross income in 2024, placing it at No. 7 on the UK High 50 — is opening up store in Silicon Valley, California, because of the addition of former Baker McKenzie associate Bradford Newman, who’s slated to guide the Eversheds U.S. advanced know-how litigation and disputes apply. The agency doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar workplace area simply but, however that’s not stopping them from powering ahead. The American Lawyer has extra particulars:
Hiring Newman and opening the newest Bay Space workplace [is a] “vital step in our long-term technique to develop our presence in key innovation hubs,” Eversheds’ co-CEO Lino Mendiola mentioned in a press release Monday. …
Newman mentioned he was “grateful that quite a lot of longstanding purchasers with whom I’ve been privileged to work on their most tough issues have chosen to proceed working with me as I transition to Eversheds Sutherland.”
Based on a agency spokesperson, in relation to the hunt for workplace area, Eversheds is “prioritizing centrally-located workplaces near our purchasers with room to develop and that create alternatives for in-person collaboration.”
Better of luck to Eversheds Sutherland in its new workplace area — as soon as it finds an workplace, that’s.
Eversheds Sutherland Opens Silicon Valley Office [American Lawyer]

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