Eversheds Sutherland (International) announces Senior Leadership Team appointments

New practice group and business services appointments

Eversheds Sutherland (International) has announced a number of Senior Leadership Team appointments across its practice groups and business services teams.

Litigation and Dispute Management – With effect from 1 November, Mark Davenport will become Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group Head. Mark succeeds Paul Worth who, after 21 years with the firm, is retiring at the end of December. 

Mark has led the firm’s Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) group for the last three years. Lisa Barge, previously Head of Real Estate Litigation, will take over as Head of CDR, while Will Densham will take on the Real Estate Litigation leadership role. 

Real Estate – James Trafford has been appointed Real Estate Practice Group Head from 1 November. James succeeds Gurjit Atwal who, after four years in the role, decided to step down from half year. Gurjit will remain a member of the Real Estate leadership team and is also now the firm’s Social Mobility Partner Sponsor.

Chief Property Officer - Rob Bullough recently joined the firm as Chief Property Officer, succeeding Paul Dunn who will retire from the firm at the end of December.

Paul joined Eversheds Sutherland (International) 11 years ago and in that time has overseen the transformation of many aspects of the firm’s international property portfolio, and developed a leading sustainability team with a key focus on achieving the firm’s carbon emissions reduction plan.

Rob has a wealth of experience in international estate management, spending the last 15 years at UBS in London. 

Lee Ranson, Chief Executive, Eversheds Sutherland (International), comments:

“On behalf of the firm, I would like to congratulate Mark Davenport and James Trafford on their appointments as practice group heads, and to welcome Rob Bullough to the firm. These are critical roles in terms of driving the strategy of the firm, and they will bring a wealth of experience.  

“I would also like to thank Paul Worth, Gurjit Atwal and Paul Dunn for their years of outstanding service to their groups and to the firm, and to wish Paul Worth and Paul Dunn a long and happy retirement.”

These latest appointments follow on from the firm’s recent announcements of Partner Nasser Ali Khasawneh as Global Head of AI, Erin Meszaros as Global Business Development & Marketing Officer, Simon Crossley as the firm’s new General Counsel and Chief Governance & Compliance Officer, and the leadership changes made to its management teams for Asia and Konexo in May this year.