Eversheds Sutherland (International) reports latest financial results

Eversheds Sutherland (International) announced its headline financial results for FY2025/26.

Headline results:

• Revenue – increased by 8 per cent to £827.1m
• Net profit – increased by 13 per cent to £209.4m
• Profit per Equity Partner – increased by 14 per cent to £1.61m

Keith Froud, chief executive, Eversheds Sutherland (International) commented:

“I am very pleased with the strong financial progress we have made in the first full year of our Global Strategy 2029, and my first year as chief executive. This excellent performance reflects the commitment and collaboration of our teams around the world, the trust our clients continue to place in us, and our relentless focus on implementing our strategy. We saw growth across all of our practice areas and regions, with a notably strong performance in Corporate Finance.

These results also mark a significant milestone for the firm, completing a decade of sustained and consistent growth in which revenue has doubled and profit has increased by over 150 per cent. They demonstrate the strength and resilience of our business, together with the long-term investments we have made in our people, our capabilities and our client relationships.

We are seeing growing demand from clients for advice on their most significant and complex matters. Increasingly, those mandates require seamless collaboration across jurisdictions, practices and sectors, and that is where our global platform is a powerful differentiator. By combining global strength with deep local expertise, we are able to bring together the very best of the firm to help clients navigate an increasingly complex world.

A year of investment in people and technology

The past 12 months have marked one of the firm’s most significant periods of investment in both talent and technology, reinforcing our commitment to building a market-leading proposition for clients and our people.

During FY2026, we welcomed a record 37 lateral partners across all our practice groups and regions, our highest number in a single year and double the number in the previous financial year, while also promoting 25 of our lawyers to partner. Together, these appointments strengthen our capabilities in key growth areas and reflect our continued investment in exceptional talent.

Our Year of AI strategy has accelerated the transformation of the firm’s technology capability. The rollout of Harvey has been supported by a comprehensive programme of in-person training delivered to every lawyer across the firm, ensuring that it is adopted consistently and effectively. Today, more than 2,000 of our lawyers use Harvey as part of their daily practice.

Also this year, we completed a firmwide, in-person relationship development training programme designed to support how our lawyers build deep and trusted client relationships. To support this focus, every associate was given a personal business development budget of £350 to support these activities, recognising that even as technology reshapes the legal market, the human touch will remain a powerful differentiator.

These initiatives are fundamental parts of our new Future Skills strategy, equipping our people with the technical expertise, technological capability and relationship skills needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving legal market and a world disrupted by technology.

Looking ahead

We enter the new financial year with strong momentum and confidence in our strategy, and are ready to ‘go again’. We will continue to invest in our people, our capabilities and our international platform, ensuring we remain powerful globally and strong locally as we help clients navigate an increasingly complex world and deliver sustainable long-term growth.”