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Stephen Hopkins

Business Professional
Head of Global Client Development

Stephen is the Head of Global Client Development.

Stephen is the Head of Global Client Development and is based in our London office. He joined Eversheds Sutherland in 1988 specializing in restructuring, banking and more recently private equity and corporate work. In 2007, he was appointed as the client partner for the groundbreaking Tyco relationship, which following a merger now covers the Johnson Controls International businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Under the latest contract, legal advice given by Eversheds Sutherland is subject to capped fees on every matter anywhere in Europe, the Middle East or Africa and advice cannot exceed a single page otherwise no payment is due. The process assisted Tyco in reducing its external spend from over $5 million to less than $1 million in eight years.

With the experience in managing extensive international relationships, Stephen was appointed Head of International for Eversheds Sutherland in 2009, overseeing its development phase from a nascent international business into a global player. Stephen is now heading Eversheds Sutherland’s commitment to the delivery of quality services across multiple jurisdictions. The collation, analysis and use of global management information on legal spending is unique to Eversheds Sutherland. This approach has been adopted by many of the firm’s clients helping them to control and predict their external spending.

Stephen helps project manage clients such as JCI, G4S, Nokia, IATA and Avis Budget Group assisting them through major convergence programs and delivering legal solutions in virtually every country of the world through a single point of contact.

Most recently Stephen is spearheading our relationship with Turkish Airlines having been appointed to undertake all their work in 150 countries. According to the client, Eversheds Sutherland won the mandate because it was able to deliver on its objectives: “What I look for is the capacity of the firm to manage a network, to guarantee the quality, and to retain and pay all of its subcontractors on a fixed budget. Eversheds (Sutherland) already had those runs on the Board in its work for IATA from 2013.”

  • Shortlisted in the recent Financial Times European Legal Innovation Awards as Legal Innovator of the year
  • International Client Choice 2017 UK Corporate
  • Team award: Firm named MENA Counsel Visionary Law Firm of the Year Award 2017
  • In 2016 was honored as one of the top 50 innovators in law in the last 50 years by the American Lawyer magazine. Stephen picked up his trophy at an awards ceremony in New York City and was named in the category “Business of Law” for conceiving the award-winning Global Account Management System (GAMS). He was honored alongside peers including Martin Lipton (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), Larry Sonsini (Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Roasti) and Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Team award: Firm named MENA Counsel Visionary Law Firm of the Year Award 2016
  • International Client Choice 2015 UK Corporate
  • Client Choice - Recognized for Excellence in Client Services
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales)
Stephen Hopkins

Business Professional

Head of Global Client Development

Stephen Hopkins

Business Professional

Head of Global Client Development

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