Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

With lawyers throughout Asia, Europe and the US, Eversheds Sutherland provides your business with a seamless, one-stop legal service. Combining extensive legal experience with in-depth local and international knowledge, our lawyers are on hand to help, wherever you operate.

Understanding market and sector inquiries

When authorities announce a market investigation, sector inquiry or international trade investigation, it will place your entire industry under the spotlight. Such actions also frequently call into question long-established business practices. The way you conduct your business is likely to receive intense media scrutiny, your share price may be adversely affected and you may experience negative publicity. The scope of a given authority’s questions and the powers they possess to compel you to provide information are significant and often surprising.

Some investigations are time-limited by law and can require rapid responses. Others may last for years and involve lengthy questionnaires, economic analysis and hearings. You will have to address difficult issues regarding the transparency of the inquiry and the potential disclosure of commercially confidential information. In order to have advance knowledge of any potentially anticompetitive practices in which your company may have been involved, you may also need to undertake your own internal investigations in parallel with the inquiry.

Experienced market and sector inquiry lawyers

Our team has extensive experience of working on investigations across a wide range of sectors and will help you to achieve the best possible results. We can help inform your responses, so that your views are presented in a way that will influence the thinking of investigators and shape the outcome of an inquiry.

We are experienced advocates before the European Commission, the US Federal Trade Commission, the US International Trade Commission, the US Department of Commerce, the UK Competition and Markets Authority and other regulatory bodies around the globe. Our lawyers can represent you or help you to represent yourself. If you become involved in a market investigation, our aim is to ensure that you control the process and put forward your best case.

§  “Diversity at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP” to “Diversity at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP”

§  “Diversity” section:

o   The firm’s emphasis on diversity is reflected in numerous ways throughout the firm, such as the manner in which we recruit lawyers and other employees, our work-life policies and our professional service efforts. We have been recognized for our achievements in diversity.  More importantly, we understand the significant role a diverse community plays in the firm's growth and development.

§  “Our Awards and Recognitions” section:

o   Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP continues to be recognized for its efforts to promote diversity in the workplace and in the legal profession. In 2016 we were named a “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality,” having earned a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, and we also were ranked a Top 100 Firm for Minority Attorneys by Law360. In addition, the firm was awarded the Gold Standard Certification for the fifth consecutive year by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.

§  “Our Commitment” section:

o   Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is committed to promoting diversity within the firm and in the legal profession.  We believe that diverse skills, knowledge and viewpoints make us a stronger, more productive law firm.  We hire and promote qualified lawyers and other professionals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.  We understand that diversity enhances our value to clients by allowing us to staff our client teams with professionals who possess broad experiences and a spectrum of perspectives.

o   Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP has a cross-office Diversity Committee with responsibility for supporting and enhancing our firm culture.  Our committee has helped coordinate and lead a number of efforts to advance diversity within our firm and the community. Affinity groups at the firm serve as support networks for attorneys of color; women lawyers; and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender attorneys.

o   We are committed to working with our clients as they pursue the common goal of a professional workplace where opportunity is available to all.

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